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Opera Explained – Così fan tutte
- Author
- Thomson Smillie
- Narrator
- David Timson
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 December 2002
- Run Time
- 1 hour 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Opera
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- Author
- Thomson Smillie
- Narrator
- David Timson
- Duration
- 1 hour 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 December 2002
- ISBN
- 9781843793151
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Opera
Synopsis
Così fan tutte contains some of Mozart’s most sublime music. On one level, the opera is purely a social anecdote about young people falling in and out of love; but Mozart was a supreme sensualist and a great humanist, and invested the tale with all his understanding of humanity and young love. In this title, David Timson refutes the charge that Mozart squandered his genius on a work full of trivial nonsense and proves this ‘miraculous yet problematic’ opera to be a great work of theatre. To listen to this thought-provoking examination of the characters and the music is both thoroughly enriching and great fun.
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