Alexandre et Roxane
Alexandre et Roxane was a two-act French language opera to be written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 in Paris.[1][2] The opera never came to fruition, although it has been suggested that the music for Jean-Georges Noverre's ballet Les petits riens, K. Anh. 10/299b, also from 1778, was originally composed for the projected opera.[1]
The subject of the libretto was Alexander the Great and his marriage to the Bactrian noble Roxana.
References[edit]
- ^ a b W. A. Mozart by Hermann Abert, Stewart Spencer, Cliff Eisen, pp. 505, 506
- ^ Biographie W.A. Mozarts by Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, Constanze Mozart, p. 386 (in German)