- Additional Authors
- Summary
- This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. Così fan tutte contains some of Mozart's most sublime music. On one level, the opera is purely a social anecdote about young people falling in and out of love; but Mozart was a supreme sensualist and a great humanist, and invested the tale with all his understanding of humanity and young love. On this audio, David Timson refutes the charge that Mozart squandered his genius on a work full of trivial nonsense and proves this 'miraculous yet problematic' opera to be a great work of theatre. To listen to this thought-provoking examination of the characters and the music is both thoroughly enriching and great fun.
- Series Statement
- Opera explained
- Uniform Title
- Opera explained.
- Alternative Title
- Mozart, Così fan tutti
- Così fan tutti
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Streaming audio.
- Note
- Includes program notes.
- Unabridged.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available as compact disc; previously issued as Naxos 8.558069.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
- System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.
- Language (note)
- Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian.
- OCLC
- 123758631
- Author
Smillie, Thomson.
- Title
An introduction to-- Mozart [electronic resource] : Così fan tutte / written by Thomson Smillie.
- Imprint
[Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2007]
- Series
Opera explained
Opera explained.
- System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.
- Performer
Unidentified performers ; David Timson, narrator.
- Additional Formats
Also available as compact disc; previously issued as Naxos 8.558069.
- Language
Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Timson, David. Narrator
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Così fan tutte. Selections.
- Other Form:
Compact disc version (OCoLC)61492320
- Publisher No.
8.558069 Naxos Music Library
- Branch Call Number
eNYPL Music