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Die
Hochzeit des Figaro.
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Edited by
Kurt Pahlen. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Paperback. Serie
Musik. Text
book/libretto. 345 pages.
Duration 180'. Schott
Music #SEM 8007.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49041675).
ISBN
9783254080073. Italian -
German.
'La folle
journee ou La mariage de
Figaro' is the title of a
stage play by Pierre
Augustin Caron, called
Beaumarchais, which
caused a sensation in
Paris at the beginning of
the 1780s. In this
'sequel' of 'The Barber
of Seville', Beaumarchais
zeroed in on numerous
deplorable circumstances
in absolutist France.
Admittedly, Mozart's
librettist Lorenzo Da
Ponte could not adopt the
subject matter for an
opera that was to be
performed at a house
under the control of the
Austrian Emperor with all
its acerbity, but he
managed to write a
sparkling libretto which
was crested by Mozart's
incomparable music.Apart
from the libretto, this
edition contains
introductory commentaries
of Kurt Pahlen who also
adds information on the
compositional structure
and context to the
musical as well as
external and internal
dramatic action of the
opera. A short synopsis
and a brief outline of
the genesis bring the
work into relation with
the composer's entire
oeuvre and life, thus
offering a comprehensive,
richly illustrated
introduction.
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