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Opera Explained: MOZART - Cosi fan tutte (Smillie) |
Opera Explained
An Introduction to... MOZART: Così fan tutte
Author: Thomson Smillie
Narrator: David Timson
1 CD
8-page booklet
Naxos 8.558069
ISBN: 1-84379-087-4
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.
On this CD, 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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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte
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Introduction to Cosi fan tutte
00:03:56
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Mozart's life and works
00:07:53
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Act I: Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, and Ferrando
00:05:44
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Fiordiligi and Dorabella; nothing is obvious
00:05:31
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The boys go to war: 'Bella vita militar!'
00:07:35
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The 'Albanians'
00:05:17
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Guglielmo and Ferrando
00:04:07
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Act I, Finale
00:06:43
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| 12. |
Act II, Scene 4: The Garden
00:05:03
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Act II, Scene 8: Guglielmo and Ferrando
00:03:59
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Ferrando and Fiordiligi
00:05:19
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Act II, Scene 14: The Wedding
00:06:21
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Total Playing Time: 01:18:32 |
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