The Original Portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni

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).

Author: Magnus Tessing Schneider
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/31/2023
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781032158334

About the Author

Magnus Tessing Schneider (Stockholm University) is a Danish theatre scholar specialising in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian opera. He has edited Mozart's La clemenza di Tito: A Reappraisal (2018), together with Ruth Tatlow, and Felicity Baker's essay collection Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece (2021).