Beaumarchais' play caused an uproar at the French court yet was eagerly awaited by enthusiastic audiences. Revolutionary leader Danton said that the play "killed off the nobility". Emperor Joseph II forbade performance of the play in Vienna, yet Mozart managed to convince him to approve an opera version. The opera premiered just two years after the play's first performance in Paris. We will explore both the play and the opera as well as the two extraordinary men who created them.
Format: Discussion
Tutor: Melina Heaton
I taught literature and philosophy in various international schools and have always been rather fanatical about opera
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