W. A. Mozart: Così fan tutte

by Bruce Alan Brown

Overview

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 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,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521437356
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/24/1995
Series:	Cambridge Opera Handbooks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.63(d)

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.

Editorial Reviews

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

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