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An introduction to-- Mozart [electronic resource] : Cosi fan tutte / written by Thomson Smillie.

by Smillie, Thomson.

[Franklin, Tenn.] : Naxos Multimedia, 2005.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Così fan tutte.

Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.

Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.

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Opera explained

This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. 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 audio, 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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