description: This collection of essays, presented by an internationally known team of scholars, explores the world of Vienna and the development of opera buffa in the second half of the eighteenth century. Among the topics explored are the relationship of Viennese opera buffa to French theater; Mozart and eighteenth century comedy; gender, nature and bourgeois society on Mozart's buffa stage; as well as close examinations of key works such as Don Giovanni and Figaro.
language: English
title: Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna
titlecomplete: Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge Studies in Opera)
genres: Music
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Cambridge University Press