| Carlo Gozzi: A Life in the 18th Century Venetian Theater, an Afterlife in Opera Contributor(s): Digaetani, John Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 078649378X ISBN-13: 9780786493784 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Drama | European - General - Performing Arts | Television - General |
| Dewey: 852.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 223 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 plays. Gozzi is well known for reviving commedia dell'arte, an ancient form of Italian improvisational theater that had fallen out of favor before his time. This is the first full biography in English of the most successful playwright in 18th century Venice. |