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Cabals and Satires - Mozart's Comic Operas in Vienna (Hardcover)
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Cabals and Satires - Mozart's Comic Operas in Vienna (Hardcover)
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When Joseph II placed his opera buffa troupe in competition with
the re-formed Singspiel, he provoked an intense struggle between
supporters of the rival national genres, who organized claques to
cheer or hiss at performances, and encouraged press correspondents
to write slanted notices. It was in this fraught atmosphere that
Mozart collaborated with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte on his three
mature Italian comedies-Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte.
In Cabals and Satires: Mozart's Comic Operas in Vienna, Ian
Woodfield brings the fascinating dynamics of this inter-troupe
contest into focus. He reveals how Mozart, while not immune from
the infighting, was able to weather satirical attacks, successfully
negotiate the unpredictable twists and turns of theatre politics
during the lean years of the Austro-Turkish War, and seal his
reputation with a revival of Figaro in 1789 as a Habsburg festive
work. Mozart's deft navigation of the turbulent political waters of
this period left him well placed to benefit from the revival of the
commercial stage in Vienna-the most enduring musical consequence of
the war years.
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