A critical and popular success from its 1786 debut Mozart's musical comedy elevated the opera buffa to new heights. Le nozze di Figaro ('The Marriage of Figaro') ossia la folle giornata ('or The Day of Madness') reassembles characters from The Barber of Seville for a romantic romp involving mistaken identities remarkable coincidences and the triumph of true love.This authoritative practice and performance edition presents Lorenzo da Ponte's vocal score originally published by Casa Ricordi Milan. Ideal for study practice and performance it contains the complete vocal music with a piano reduction of the orchestral score. Vocalists voice majors and teachers andrehearsal pianists will rejoice in this high-quality low-cost edition of Mozart's masterpiece. Note: Lyrics are in the original Italian only.Dover (2001) republication of the vocal score from an authoritative early edition.