Beskrivelse
A good analytical guide for the opera goer and armchair listener with 343 musical illustrations, bars of musical examples or music notation. Five of Mozart’s most popular operas are examined: The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutti and The Abduction from the Seraglio. Author Patrick (“Spike”) Hughes was educated at Cambridge, Vienna, Berlin and Florence; he wrote many books, did 200 broadcast shows for BBC radio, produced ballets and opera for television and composed music.
