Project Director


The project is headed by Thomas Betzwieser, professor of historical musicology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. His research interests are European music theatre (the reception of opera, the study of libretti, genre transfer), Christoph W. Gluck (interpretation and staging), digital editions, musical exoticism, as well as the Mannheim School. Among his numerous publications are the volumes Exotismus und „Türkenoper“ in der französischen Musik des Ancien Régime (Laaber 1993) and Sprechen und Singen: Ästhetik und Erscheinungsformen der Dialogoper (Stuttgart / Weimar 2002).