Opera Explained - Mozart - Così Fan Tutte - Thomson Smillie

Category: History, Misc. Non-fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: Art Culture History Music
Written by Thomson Smillie
Read by David Timson
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
Release date: 10-26-12
Publisher’s Summary
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. In this title, 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.
Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
Release date: 10-26-12

Publisher’s Summary

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. In this title, 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.