This book is a study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, his second opera to
a libretto by da Ponte. Although it is one of the handful of
best-known and most often performed operas of the last two hundred
years, Don Giovanni is seldom given in an authentic form and
arguments persist as to its nature. Julian Rushton takes the view
that, notwithstanding the tragic nature of certain scenes, it must
be regarded as an opera buffa. He gives a brief summary of its
history and life in the theatre, but the chief historical essay (by
Edward Forman) concerns the subject-matter before it reached da
Ponte. The book includes a very detailed synopsis which forms the
basis of an extended commentary on the librettist's handling of a
plot constructed of both original and inherited ideas. Bernard
Williams contributes an essay on Don Giovanni as an idea in
literature and philosophy since Mozart. The book concludes with an
extensive bibliography, and a discography of complete recordings
compiled by Malcolm Walker.
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