Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

STORACE, STEPHEN (1763-1796)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 968 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

STORACE, See also:STEPHEN (1763-1796) , See also:English musical composer, was See also:born in See also:London in 1763. His See also:father, Stefano Storace, an See also:Italian contrabassist, taught him the See also:violin so well that at ten years old he played successfully the most difficult See also:music of the See also:day. After completing his See also:education at the Conservatorio di Sant' Onofrio, at See also:Naples, he produced his first See also:opera, Gli Sposi malcontenti, at See also:Vienna, in 1785. Here he made the acquaintance of See also:Mozart, in whose Nozze di See also:Figaro his See also:sister, See also:Anna Selina Storace, first sang the See also:part of Susanna. Here also he produced a second opera, Gli Equivoci, founded on See also:Shakespeare's See also:Comedy of Errors, and a " Singspiel " entitled Der See also:Doctor and der Apotheleer. But his greatest triumphs were achieved in See also:England, whither he returned in 1787. After creating a favourable impression by bringing out his " Singspiel " at See also:Drury See also:Lane, under the See also:title of The Doctor and the See also:Apothecary, Storace attained his first See also:great success in 1789, in The Haunted See also:Tower, an opera which ran for fifty nights in See also:succession. No See also:Song, No Supper was equally successful in x790; and The See also:Siege of See also:Belgrade scarcely less so in 1791. The music of The Pirates, produced in 1792, was partly adapted from Gli Equivoci, and is remarkable as affording one of the earliest instances of the introduction of a See also:grand See also:finale into an English opera. These See also:works were followed by some less successful productions; but The See also:Cherokee (1794) and The Three and the See also:Deuce (1795) were very favourably received, and the music to See also:Colman's See also:play, The See also:Iron See also:Chest, first performed on the 12th of See also:March 1796, created even a greater sensation than The Haunted Tower. This was Storace's last See also:work. He caught See also:cold at the See also:rehearsal, and died on the 19th of March 1796.

The See also:

character of Storace's music is pre-eminently English; but his See also:early intercourse with Mozart gave him an immense See also:advantage over his contemporaries in his management of the See also:orchestra, while for the excellence of his See also:writing for the See also:voice he was *no doubt indebted to the vocalization of his sister Anna. This See also:lady was born in London in 1766, completed her education at See also:Venice under See also:Sacchini, sang for Mozart at Vienna, and first appeared at the See also:King's See also:Theatre in London in 1787. After contributing greatly to the success of The Haunted Tower and her See also:brother's later operas, she crowned a See also:long and brilliant career by winning great laurels at the See also:Handel See also:Commemoration at See also:Westminster See also:Abbey in 1791, retired from public See also:life in 18o8, and died on the 24th of See also:August 1817.

End of Article: STORACE, STEPHEN (1763-1796)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
STOPPANI, ANTONIO (1824-1891) 		[next]
STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. stau...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries