'All Women do the Same, or The School for Lovers', this is how Lorenzo da Ponte, the librettist of Mozart's 'Dramma giocoso', entitled his libretto. Ever since the world premiere of 'Così fan tutte' i...
Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', one of the most frequently played and most popular operas since its world premiere in Prague in 1787, is based on the old familiar figure of the 'womanizer'. The character of...
This comprehensive introduction to Mozart's 'Abduction from the Seraglio' contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related references as...
'La folle journée ou La mariage de Figaro' is the title of a stage play by Pierre Augustin Caron, called Beaumarchais, which caused a sensation in Paris at the beginning of the 1780s. In this 'sequel'...
This comprehensive introduction to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related referenc...
Mit dem durchschlagenden Erfolg der 'Entführung' begann Mozarts Opernproduktion für die Bühnen Wiens: Die Oper wurde das beliebteste Bühnenstück zu seinen Lebzeiten. 'Figaros Hochzeit' markierte den B...
The opera, probably the most spectacular and demanding of all art forms, undoubtedly holds its very own fascination for the opera-goer, and many a one of them may ask him-/herself how the often magnif...
This opera guide is addressed to children and young people, but also to their parents and relatives. It contains concise comprehensible information on all important aspects of the opera. This edition...
Dieser Konzertführer wendet sich an Kinder und Jugendliche, aber auch an deren Eltern und Verwandte. In knapper verständlicher Form werden Informationen 'rund um das Thema Konzert' gegeben. Das Buch b...