Carlo Gozzi: A Life in the 18th Century Venetian Theater, an Afterlife in Opera [Library Binding]

John Louis DiGaetani (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1999

Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806) is best known for his plays that have famously been adapted into opera librettos. Puccini's final opera, Turandot, was based on a play by Gozzi. Prokofiev's The Love of Three Oranges is also based on a Gozzi play. Richard Wagner's first opera, Die Feen, is based on Gozzi's La Donna Serpente. Mozart's The Magic Flute contains many elements that are similar to Gozzi's plays. Gozzi was the most successful playwright in 18th century Venice. This is the first full biography in English of this major figure in the history of world theater. He is well known for reviving commedia dell'arte, an ancient form of Italian improvisational theater that had fallen out of favor before Gozzi's time: In this way his plays soon became the most popular in Venice and other parts of Italy.

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About the Author

John Louis DiGaetani, a professor of English at Hofstra University, teaches the history of theater and of the opera libretto. He lives in New York.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 223 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company; 1St Edition edition (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786400773
• ISBN-13: 978-0786400775
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,464,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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