Le nozze di Figaro (1786) was Mozart's first mature opera buffa. It was also the first of his three major collaborations with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. Unlike Don Giovanni (1787) and Così fan tutte (1790), Figaro has few obvious problems, and even if it is not without flaws, it nevertheless contains a remarkable mixture of all those elements that go to produce a good opera: a sound plot, a well-structured text and fine music. This opera handbook examines the work from historical and musical perspectives, to set it in the context of Mozart's age.
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"...an outstanding and substantive discussion of Da Ponte's role in creating the libretto of Figaro...The synopsis of the plot includes significant musical factors, although not at the expense of an engaging narrative flow." James P. Fairleigh, Notes
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This analysis of the opera, as well as its social, cultural and musical context, progresses to an exploration of the comic possibilities of the classical style and opera buffa in the 1770s and 1780s.
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Mozart arrived in Vienna from Munich on 16 March 1781 to take his place in the entourage of Archbishop Colloredo of Salzburg, who was on an official visit to the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Don Giovanni, Don Curzio, Covent Garden, Count Almaviva, Michael Kelly, King's Theatre, Nancy Storace, Carlo Goldoni, Emperor Joseph, Francesco Bussani, L'oca del Cairo, Lorenzo da Ponte, Peter Hall, Soler's Una, Mozart's Figaro New!
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Mozart arrived in Vienna from Munich on 16 March 1781 to take his place in the entourage of Archbishop Colloredo of Salzburg, who was on an official visit to the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tosto andate, vuol bailare, bei momenti, cosa sento, verso tronco, versi tronchi, cosa faccio, vieni non tardar, finta giardiniera, solo items, sonata principle, finta semplice, accompanied recitative, masculine rhyme, reprint edn, musical implications, musical argument, opera buffa, cosa rara, left pavilion, cosa son, opera seria, two arias, dominant pedal, fan tutte Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Giovanni, Don Curzio, Covent Garden, Count Almaviva, Michael Kelly, King's Theatre, Nancy Storace, Carlo Goldoni, Emperor Joseph, Francesco Bussani, L'oca del Cairo, Lorenzo da Ponte, Peter Hall, Soler's Una, Mozart's Figaro New!
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- Don Giovanni in Full Score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 25 pages
- The Letters by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 8 pages
- The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro): Vocal Score by Ruth Martin on 4 pages
- Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart by Wye Jamison Allanbrook in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Le Barbier De Seville by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- W. A. Mozart: Così fan tutte (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Bruce Alan Brown on page 60, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Unsung Voices by Carolyn Abbate in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge Studies in Opera) by Mary Hunter on page 381
- Mozart: A Life by Maynard Solomon in Back Matter
- Between Opera and Cinema (Critical and Cultural Musicology) by Rose Theresa on page 152
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