Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge Studies in Opera) - Softcover

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9780521027113: Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge Studies in Opera)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 052102711X ISBN 13: 9780521027113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

An examination of the world of Vienna and the opera buffa in the eighteenth-century.

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Review

'... an enthralling collection of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars ... will give any reader a deeper knowledge and understanding of Mozart's comic operas and of the genius who created them.' Scenaria

Book Description

Explores the world of Vienna and the development of opera buffa (a form of comic opera) in the second half of the eighteenth century. Among the topics examined are Mozart and eighteenth-century comedy; gender, nature and bourgeois society on Mozart's buffa stage; as well as close analyses of key works such as Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052102711X
ISBN 13 
9780521027113
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
472

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