A discovered handbill indicates that the original plot of this piece has the title figure running through a forest toward two clay statues, which he brings to life in its introduction "La Tempesta".
A discovered handbill indicates that the original plot of this piece has the title figure running through a forest toward two clay statues, which he brings to life in its introduction "La Tempesta". It was first performed by a man called "Sophocles of the Dance," Gaetano Gioia, and Mlle. Cassentini, the ballerina for whom its composer later wrote his 12 Variations on a Russian Dance. Its composer declared "Oh, dear Papa, you are very kind, but it is far from being a Creation" upon being praised for this work in the street by Haydn, according to Alexander Wheelock Thayer. Written and choreographed by Salvatore Vigano, it was performed for Maria Teresa at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Its composer's Opus 43, the final overture of this two-act ballet reappears in ►the Eroica symphony. FTP, name this ballet scored by Beethoven, which depicts a certain god who brings the arts and fire to humanity.
A discovered handbill indicates that the original plot of this piece has the title figure running through a forest toward two clay statues, which he brings to life in its introduction "La Tempesta".
{Creatures of Prometheus} (Die Geschopfe des Prometheus)