The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro
ISBN-10
0521316065
ISBN-13
9780521316064
Series
The Marriage of Figaro
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Tim Carter

Description

This handbook provides the reader with the first comprehensive guide to Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. Tim Carter discusses the composition of the opera and the social, cultural and musical context in which it was produced, its critical reception and performance history. He provides a full analytical synopsis, a chapter on the verse structure of the libretto and a discussion of Mozart's matching of music to drama. Other chapters also consider relevant topics, including the 'comic' possibilities of the Classical style, and Michael Robinson writes on opera buffa in the 1770s and 1780s.

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