Mozart and His Operas
by: David Cais (Author)
Publisher: Penguin UK
Publication Date: 2007-02-27
Language: English
Print Length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0140296743
ISBN-13: 9780140296747
Book Description
David Cais weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative which puts Mozart’s operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole. Mozart’s unusual childhood as a musical prodigy touring Europe as a performer from an early age is well known. But even more remarkable is that the genius grew up, surviving his unnatural early years and producing works of increasing maturity and originality. Using the operas as his guide, Cais traces the steady deepening of Mozart’s musical style from his beginnings as a child prodigy, through his coming of age with what Cais sees as the most Romantic and forward-looking of all Mozart’s operas, Idomeneo, the later genius displayed in the three comic operas, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, and in The Magic Flute, the final and greatest triumph of his career.
Editorial Reviews
\nDavid Cais weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative which puts Mozart’s operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole. Mozart’s unusual childhood as a musical prodigy touring Europe as a performer from an early age is well known. But even more remarkable is that the genius grew up, surviving his unnatural early years and producing works of increasing maturity and originality. Using the operas as his guide, Cais traces the steady deepening of Mozart’s musical style from his beginnings as a child prodigy, through his coming of age with what Cais sees as the most Romantic and forward-looking of all Mozart’s operas, Idomeneo, the later genius displayed in the three comic operas, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, and in The Magic Flute, the final and greatest triumph of his career.
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