This collection of essays, presented by an internationally known team of scholars, explores the world of Vienna and the development of opera buffa in the second half of the eighteenth century. Although today Mozart remains one of the most well-known figures of the period, the era was filled with composers, librettists, writers and performers who created and developed opera buffa. Among the topics examined are the relationship of Viennese opera buffa to French theatre; 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.

An examination of the world of Vienna and the opera buffa in the eighteenth-century.
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'... an enthralling collection of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars ... will give any reader a deeper knowledge and understanding of Mozart's comic operas and of the genius who created them.' Scenaria



Book Information
ISBN 9780521027113
Author Mary Hunter
Format Paperback
Page Count 472
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 395g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 18mm