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Item Details
Title:
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DA PONTE LORENZO METROPOLITAN OPERA PRESENTS NOZZE DI FIGARO BAM BK
COMPLETE LIBRETTO |
By: |
Lorenzo Da Ponte |
Format: |
Paperback |

List price:
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1574674617 |
ISBN 13: |
9781574674613 |
Publisher: |
HAL LEONARD CORPORATION |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 2014 |
Series: |
The Metropolitan Opera Presents |
Pages: |
208 |
Synopsis: |
Today Mozart's exquisite Le Nozze di Figaro 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 equally vulnerable to the powers of love. Figaro continues the story of The Barber of Seville several years later, in a single "day of madness." Count Almaviva's love, Rosina, is now his long-suffering countess, and the barber Figaro, now the count's valet, is about to marry Susanna, the countess's maid. But the couple-to-be must first deal with two obstacles: a demand that Figaro pay his debt to an older woman or marry her instead, and the count's determination to bed Susanna on her wedding night. Suspicions fly, plots are hatched, narrow escapes abound, and connivers receive their due.Love and forgiveness finally bring order to the craziness, and a day filled with torment and worry ends in joy. |
Illustrations: |
2-colour photo inserts |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Amadeus Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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