Carlo Gozzi: A Life in the 18th Century Venetian Theater, an Afterlife in OperaItalian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806) is best-known for his plays that have been adapted into opera librettos. Puccini's final opera, Turandot, was based on a play by Gozzi. Prokofiev's The Love of Three Oranges is based on a Gozzi play. Richard Wagner's first opera, Die Feen, is based on Gozzi's La Donna Serpente. Mozart's The Magic Flute contains many elements that are similar to Gozzi's plays. This is a biography of Carlo Gozzi. He is well-known for reviving commedia dell'arte, an ancient form of Italian improvisational theatre that had fallen out of favour before his time. |
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... Music and Culture in Eighteenth Century Europe . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1994 . Galvani , Licio Nisa . I Teatri Musicali di Venezia nel Secolo XVII ( 1637–1700 ) . Milan : Ricordi , 1879 . Goldoni , Carlo . The Memoirs ...
... Music and Culture in Eighteenth Century Europe . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1994 . Galvani , Licio Nisa . I Teatri Musicali di Venezia nel Secolo XVII ( 1637–1700 ) . Milan : Ricordi , 1879 . Goldoni , Carlo . The Memoirs ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vi | 1 |
A Difficult Family | 9 |
Military Career in Yugoslavia and Early Theatrical | 27 |
Copyright | |
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