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The Original Portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni

The Original Portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni

Schneider, Magnus Tessing

Paperback

Series: Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera

Opera

ISBN10: 1032158336
ISBN13: 9781032158334
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 31 2023
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Original Portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni offers an original reading of Mozart's and Da Ponte's opera Don Giovanni, using as a lens the portrayal of the title role by its creator, the baritone Luigi Bassi (1766-1825).

Although Bassi was coached in the role by the composer himself, his portrayal has never been studied in depth before, and this book presents a large number of new sources (first- and second-hand accounts), which allows us to reconstruct his performance scene by scene. The book confronts Bassi's portrayal with a study of the opera's early German reception and performance history, demonstrating how Don Giovanni as we know it today was not only created by Mozart, Da Ponte and Luigi Bassi but also by the early German adapters, translators, critics and performers who turned the title character into the arrogant and violent villain we still encounter in most of today's stage productions.

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