Mozart's Marriage of Figaro: A Short Guide to a Great Opera

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Mozart's Marriage of Figaro: A Short Guide to a Great Opera (Great Operas)

Although the story of Figaroâ€™s success in preventing the Count of Almavivaâ€™s seduction of his fiancÃ©e SusannaÂ was politically explosive, it was tolerated in the court of the relatively enlightened Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. Mozartâ€™s opera,Â Le Nozze di Figaro,Â uses a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte,Â andÂ was premiÃ¨red in Vienna in 1786.Â It was based on a famous play by the Frenchman Beaumarchais, a sequel toÂ The Barber of Seville. Characters includingÂ Figaro, the Countess, Â Cherubino the page, Doctor Bartolo and Barberina the gardenerâ€™s daughter sing a succession of famous arias â€“ such asÂ Se vuol ballare, Non piÃ¹ andrai, Dove sono, Porgi amorÂ andÂ Voi, che sapete,Â to mention but a few â€“ in which Mozartâ€™s musical characterisation is legendary. Written by Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, â€˜Short Guides to Great Operasâ€™ are concise, entertaining and easy to read books about opera. Each is an opera guide packed with useful information and informed opinion, helping to make you a truly knowledgeable opera-goer, and so maximising your enjoyment of a great musical experience. Other â€˜Short Guides to Great Operasâ€™ that you may enjoy include CosÃ¬ fan tutte, Don Giovanni and The Barber of Seville.

Country	USA
Author	Michael Steen
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781848314597
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Icon Books Ltd
Manufacturer	Icon Books Ltd
NumberOfPages	30
PublicationDate	2012-05-31
Publisher	Icon Books Ltd
ReleaseDate	2012-05-31
Studio	Icon Books Ltd

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro: A Short Guide to a Great Opera (Great Operas)

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