Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna |
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| Editor:
| Hunter, Mary
Webster, James |
| Contribution by:
| Groos, Arthur
Carter, Tim
Deathridge, John
Hepokoski, James
Robinson, Paul
Rosand, Ellen |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Opera Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-57239-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $246.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.