Carlo Gozzi: A Life in the 18th Century Venetian Theater, an Afterlife in Opera

by John Louis DiGaetani

Book Overview

Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806) is best known for his plays that have famously 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 also 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078649378X
• ISBN13: 9780786493784
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher