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Mozart's Operas (Paperback, First Edition,)
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In this title, renowned Mozart scholar Daniel Heartz brings his
deep knowledge of social history, theater, and art to a study of
the last and great decade of Mozart's operas. Mozart specialists
will recognize some of Heartz's best-known essays here; but six
pieces are new for the collection, and others have been revised and
updated with little-known documents on the librettist's,
composer's, and stage director's craft. All lovers of opera will
value the elegance and wit of Professor Heartz's writing, enhanced
by thirty-seven illustrations, many from his private collection.
The volume includes Heartz's classic essay on "Idomeneo" (1781),
the work that continued to inspire and sustain Mozart through his
next, and final, six operas. Thomas Bauman brings his special
expertise to a discussion of "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail"
(1782). The ten central chapters are devoted to the three great
operas composed to librettos by Lorenzo da Ponte - "Le nozze di
Figaro" (l786), "Don Giovanni" (l787), and "Cosi fan tutte" (l790).
The reader is treated to fresh insights on da Ponte's role as
Mozart's astute and stage-wise collaborator, on the singers whose
gifts helped shape each opera, and on the musical connections among
the three works. Parallels are drawn with some of the greatest
creative artists in other fields, such as Moliere, Watteau, and
Fragonard. The world of the dance, one of Heartz's specialties,
lends an illuminating perspective as well. Finally, the essays
discuss the deep spirituality of Mozart's last two operas, "Die
Zauberflote" and "La Clemenza di Tito" (both l79l). They also
address the pertinence of opera outside Vienna at the end of the
century, the fortunes and aspirations of Freemasonry in Austria,
and the relation of Mozart's overtures to the dramaturgy of the
operas.
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