W. A. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte

ISBN-13: 9780521437356 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 224 str.

Bruce Alan Brown; Richard Wagner

Opis

At once the most light-hearted and most disturbing of Mozart and Da Ponte's Italian comic operas, Cosi fan tutte has provoked widely differing reactions from listeners for more than two centuries. Bruce Alan Brown offers several paths toward a closer understanding of the work, providing a detailed account of the libretto's complex origins in myth and Italian literary classics. The Handbook also reveals surprising new information on the role played by Mozart's rival Salieri. It contains a full synopsis, performance history, illustrations from key productions, and a bibliography,

Recenzje

'... there is more than enough valuable material in this book to make its acquisition thoroughly worth your while.' Opera

Spis treści

List of illustrations; General preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Genesis; 3. Synopsis 4. The sources of an 'original' libretto; 5. Così fan tutte, or 'La Partie carrée: the eighteenth-century context of a theatrical subject; 6. The musical dramaturgy of the opera; 7. Performance and criticism; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.