This collection of essays, presented by an internationally known team of scholars, explores the world of Vienna and the development of opera buffa in the second half of the eighteenth century. Among the topics explored are the relationship of Viennese opera buffa to French theater; Mozart and eighteenth century comedy; gender, nature and bourgeois society on Mozart's buffa stage; as well as close examinations of key works such as Don Giovanni and Figaro.
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"Together, the essays in this volume, expertly written by all contributors, help to explain the lasting success of the Mozart/da Ponte collaborations..." Henry Bloch, Journal of the Conductors Guild
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"...a clear picture of the bifurcation of 18th-century opera...graduate students through faculty and the occasional ambitious undergraduate." Choice
"Together, the essays in this volume, expertly written by all contributors, help to explain the lasting success of the Mozart/da Ponte collaborations..." Henry Bloch, Journal of the Conductors Guild
"...a thoughtful critical evaluation of the various analytical and methodological approaches encountered in the book..." E. Thomas Glasow, Opera Quarterly
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This collection of essays, presented by an internationally known team of scholars, explores the world of Vienna and the development of opera buffa in the second half of the eighteenth-century. Among the topics explored are the relationship of Viennese opera buffa to French theatre; Mozart and eighteenth-century comedy; gender, nature and bourgeois society on Mozart's buffa stage; as well as close examinations of key works such as Don Giovanni and Figaro.
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Opera buffa sprang to life in Italy during the middle third of the eighteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
operatic analysis, gare generose, buffa aria, buffo troupe, individual set pieces, opere buffe, primo buffo, buffa troupe, queste tue manine, sposo deluso, lieto fine, vera fenice, opera buffa, buffa finale, aria types, tonal return, villanella rapita, cosa sento, vera costanza, mezzo carattere, middle style, due padroni, final tutti, buffo roles, seria style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Giovanni, New York, Don Alfonso, Rhythmic Gesture, Don Juan, John Platoff, Cambridge University Press, Daniel Heartz, Gli Orazi, Mary Hunter, Mozart-Da Ponte, Donna Anna, Bruce Alan Brown, Carlo Goldoni, Cornell University, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's Vienna, Julian Rushton, University of Chicago Press, Donna Elvira, Paolo Gallarati, Don Ottavio, James Webster, Oxford University Press, University of California Press New!
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Opera buffa sprang to life in Italy during the middle third of the eighteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
operatic analysis, gare generose, buffa aria, buffo troupe, individual set pieces, opere buffe, primo buffo, buffa troupe, queste tue manine, sposo deluso, lieto fine, vera fenice, opera buffa, buffa finale, aria types, tonal return, villanella rapita, cosa sento, vera costanza, mezzo carattere, middle style, due padroni, final tutti, buffo roles, seria style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Giovanni, New York, Don Alfonso, Rhythmic Gesture, Don Juan, John Platoff, Cambridge University Press, Daniel Heartz, Gli Orazi, Mary Hunter, Mozart-Da Ponte, Donna Anna, Bruce Alan Brown, Carlo Goldoni, Cornell University, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's Vienna, Julian Rushton, University of Chicago Press, Donna Elvira, Paolo Gallarati, Don Ottavio, James Webster, Oxford University Press, University of California Press New!
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- Don Giovanni in Full Score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 88 pages
- Mozart Studies by Cliff Eisen on 5 pages
- Gluck and the French Theatre in Vienna by Bruce Alan Brown on 4 pages
- Naples and Neapolitan Opera (Da Capo Press music reprint series) by Michael F. Robinson on 4 pages
- New Grove Dictionary by Sadie on 4 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to Mozart (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Simon P. Keefe on 4 pages
- The Culture of Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna by Mary Hunter in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785 (Cambridge Studies in Opera) by Downing A. Thomas in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cultivating Music: The Aspirations, Interests, and Limits of German Musical Culture, 1770-1848 by David Gramit in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Mozart: A Cultural Biography by Robert W. Gutman in Back Matter
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