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The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Le Nozze di Figaro: Libretto, Background, and Photos
Lorenzo da Ponte
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Description for The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Le Nozze di Figaro: Libretto, Background, and Photos
Paperback. Series: The Metropolitan Opera Presents. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2-colour photo inserts. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; AVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
Today Mozart's exquisite ÊLe Nozze di FigaroÊ delights and moves audiences everywhere long after its 1786 birth into tumultuous times. The original Beaumarchais play raised a firestorm in France then on the brink of revolution with its dangerous commentary on class relations. However Lorenzo Da Ponte carefully omitted anything political from his opera libretto; what remained when joined with Mozart's sublime and penetrating music was a witty yet profound tale of infatuation heartache scheming and tenderness where complex emotions are laid bare and everyone regardless of class is ... Read more
Today Mozart's exquisite ÊLe Nozze di FigaroÊ delights and moves audiences everywhere long after its 1786 birth into tumultuous times. The original Beaumarchais play raised a firestorm in France then on the brink of revolution with its dangerous commentary on class relations. However Lorenzo Da Ponte carefully omitted anything political from his opera libretto; what remained when joined with Mozart's sublime and penetrating music was a witty yet profound tale of infatuation heartache scheming and tenderness where complex emotions are laid bare and everyone regardless of class is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amadeus Press
Condition
New
Series
The Metropolitan Opera Presents
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781574674613
SKU
V9781574674613
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Ref
99-15
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