L'Albania in Mozart

Authors

  • Lucia Nadin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1285/i22804250v11i1p193

Keywords:

Albania, Da Ponte, Kingdom of Naples, Ottoman empire and European wars

Abstract

In Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte's choice of two protagonist officers disguised as Albanian aristocrats can be read both in relation to the taste of the time for turquerie, and also as connected to his wide historical and cultural perspective.

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Published

21-03-2022

Issue

Volume 11 n.s., Issue 1 (2022)

Section

Articoli

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