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Cabals and Satires: Mozart’s Comic Operas in Vienna by Ian WoodfieldRequirements: .PDF reader, 8.4 MBOverview: This is a study of the political context in which Mozart wrote his three Italian comedies, Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte. Joseph II’s decision to place his opera buffa troupe in competition with the re-formed Singspiel provoked a […]