W. A. Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito

by John A. Rice

Book Overview

This is the first book to be devoted to Mozart's opera, La clemenza di Tito. Rice considers the opera from a variety of historical and critical viewpoints. Tito is a political opera. The author examines its origins in the politically unstable Habsburg Empire of 1791, interpreting it as a response to revolutionary threats both inside and outside the empire. Tito is also a literary opera: much of its dramatic power lies in its libretto. Rice analyses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521369495
• ISBN13: 9780521369497
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"