W. A. Mozart: Così fan tutte
Part of Cambridge Opera Handbooks
- Author: Bruce Alan Brown, University of Southern California
- Date Published: December 1995
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521437356
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At once the most light-hearted and most disturbing of Mozart and Da Ponte's Italian comic operas, Così fan tutte has provoked widely differing reactions from listeners for more than two centuries. Bruce Alan Brown offers several paths towards a closer understanding of the work, providing a detailed account of the libretto's complex origins in myth, Italian literary classics, and contemporary theatre. The handbook also includes a discussion of the social and philosophical issues raised in Così and a chapter devoted to the opera's genesis 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.
Read more- Accessible guide to one of Mozart's most popular operas
- Contains new information on the opera world of Mozart's day and his arch-rival, the composer Salieri
- A comprehensive analysis of the story, music, and genesis of the opera
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- Date Published: December 1995
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521437356
- length: 224 pages
- dimensions: 218 x 158 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.29kg
- contains: 8 b/w illus. 57 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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