Seven Mozart Librettos A Verse Translation

Name: Seven Mozart Librettos A Verse Translation
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ISBN: 9780393066098

ISBN-10: 0393066096

ISBN-13: 9780393066098

Edition: 2011

Authors: J. D. McClatchy

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A landmark event in the world of music, Mozart's seven major librettos have finally been translated in verse with a sparkling poetic quality that matches the magnificence of the originals. Beginning this epic endeavor with his translation of The Magic Flute , first introduced at the Metropolitan Opera, McClatchy has now completed his translations of Idomeneo , The Abduction from the Seraglio , The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni , Cosigrave; Fan Tutte , and La Clemenza di Tito . The result is a brilliantly translated and handsomely designed volume that brings the lively wordplay and drama of the originals to life in a verse that matches the exuberance and lyricism of the original Da Ponte,…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/13/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1216
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 2.20" tall
Weight: 3.498
Language: English

J. D. McClatchy is the author of four books of poems, two books of literary essays, & four opera libretti. He is the editor of "The Yale Review" & a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.