Virtuosi Tasmania 2017 Season The Impresario

irtuosi Tasmania presents Mozart's The Impresario K486, a comic singspiel regarded as a V parody on the vanity of singers who argue over status and pay. This English adaptation will be accompanied by Virtuosi Tasmania's Music Manager, Jennifer Marten-Smith, piano. This cast is sure to entertain in what Mozart described as “comedy with music”.

The Impresario Sat 4 Feb 11am Stefano Lubiana, Granton* Sun 5 Feb 4pm City Baptist Church, Launceston Sat 11 Feb 11am Home Hill Winery, Ranelagh* Sun 12 Feb 5pm Devonport Regional Gallery

*if staying to enjoy the hospitality of the venue, please make a booking Stefano Lubiana 6263 7457 Home Hill Winery Restaurant 6264 1200 Bookings Please contact the TSO Box Office on 1800 001 190 or go to www.tso.com.au $30/$25 Tickets also available at the door. Performers Paul Radford, (Mr Scruples), Darcy O’Malley, (Mr Bluff), Michaela Darlington (Madame Goldentrill), Tom Buckmaster (Mr Angel) and Abbie Radford (Miss Silverpeal), Jennifer Marten-Smith, piano. Information Pieter Buining on 0409 655 024, email:[email protected] or visit www.virtuositas.org.au Mailing list We would like to send you our concert details by email or post. To join our contact list, please provide your details to a Virtuosi volunteer or email the secretary. Membership to Virtuosi Tasmania Membership of Virtuosi Tasmania Inc. is $25 for a financial year. For all membership and mailing list inquiries please contact Pieter Buining: on 0409 655 024 or by email.

Next Concert Our April concerts, will feature Young Performers from around Tasmania in solos and groups including. piano, violin and cello, piano solos and piano for four hands and a guitar, flute ensemble. Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) The Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor) K 486 The German singspiel was a popular genre at the end of the 18th century, offering competition for the Italian opera buffa. A comedy with music in one act, The Impresario was composed at the same time as The Marriage of Figaro and premiered in Vienna on 11 February 1786 with an original libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie. The advent of a great masterpiece like Figaro a few months later has always overshadowed The Impresario and made it one of the least often performed of Mozart’s works. Although slight, in that it consists of an overture (and a delightful one it is!) plus four vocal numbers and a lot of spoken dialogue, it can be a fun entertainment with the text updated so as to be more suited to modern sensibilities with relevant contemporary cultural references. The plot concerns a theatre director and his actors performing plays about scheming and cheating lovers, as well as competing prima donna singers. Today’s performance is based on the English edition by G. Schirmer.

Back row Paul Radford, playing Mr Scruples and Darcy O’Malley, playing Mr Bluff Front row Michaela Darlington playing Madame Goldentrill, Tom Buckmaster playing Mr Angel and Abbie Radford playing Miss Silverpeal