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The original portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni / Magnus Tessing Schneider.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.M9 T47 2022
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tessing Schneider, Magnus, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bassi, Luigi.
- Juan, Don (Legendary character)--In opera.
- Juan.
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni.
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.
- Juan, Don (Legendary character).
- Opera--Dramaturgy.
- Opera.
- Don Giovanni (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 245 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Rewriting the myth of Don Juan
- The demonising of Don Giovanni: a historical overview
- Notes
- 1. Luigi Bassi as Don Giovanni
- The singer and his role
- Intention and experience: prescriptive and descriptive sources
- The performer as a phenomenon
- Grace and gallantry: Bassi's portrayal
- Performance traditions: Italians and Germans
- 2. The opening scene
- 3. Don Giovanni and the three women
- Donna Elvira's entrance aria
- The duettino
- The quartet and Donna Anna's narration
- 4. The party episode
- The champagne aria
- The garden scene
- The ballroom scene
- 5. The disguise episode
- The first duet with Leporello
- The trio
- The canzonetta
- The disguise aria
- 6. The graveyard scene
- 7. The second finale
- The supper
- The last encounter with Donna Elvira
- Don Giovanni and the stone guest
- The final scene
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780367243203
- 0367243202
- OCLC:
- 1285704264
- Publisher Number:
- 99989784947
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