W.A.Mozart:LeNozzediFigaro

LenozzediFigaro(1786)wasMozart'sfirstmatureoperabuffa.ItwasalsothefirstofhisthreemajorcollaborationswiththelibrettistLorenzodaPonte.UnlikeDonGiovanni(1787)andCosìfantutte(1790),Figarohasfewobviousproblems,andevenifitisnotwithoutflaws,itneverthelesscontainsaremarkablemixtureofallthoseelementsthatgotoproduceagoodopera:asoundplot,awell-structuredtextandfinemusic.Thisoperahandbookexaminestheworkfromhistoricalandmusicalperspectives,tosetitinthecontextofMozart'sage.