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

Hunter/Webster

 
9780521027113: Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge Studies in Opera)

Synopsis

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

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

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.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780521572392: Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge Studies in Opera)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0521572398 ISBN 13:  9780521572392
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997
Hardcover