Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791). Le Nozze di Figaro. Die Hochzeit des Figaro. Eine Comische Oper in 4. Aufzügen...fürs Clavier eingerichtet von C. G. Neefe.. Bonn: N. Simrock. 1796. First edition. 228, [3], [1 (blank)] pages. Oblong 4to (c.21.5 x 30cms). Engraved throughout. [PN] 28. Text in Italian and German. Includes as No. 30, Mozart's aria "Al desio di chi t'adora" (k. 577). Blue marbled boards. Haberkamp's third issue (page 258, plates 218-220); Hoboken 259; RISM M 4343.
Early issues of the first edition of Mozart's best-loved opera are very scarce. Haberkamp records only two copies of the first issue and one of the second: in Dresden and Salzburg. The copies in the British Library and the Austrian National Library are likewise of the present third issue. This is an exceptionally fine copy with no marks, stains, tears, or foxing.
First performed in Vienna at the Burgtheater on May 1, 1786, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after Beaumarchais. "Figaro is generally agreed to be the most perfect and least problematic of Mozart's great operas... In the great finales of Acts 2 and 4, Mozart reached a level which he could never surpass; indeed, he was hardly to equal the Bb Allegro of the second act finale for its mercurial motivic play and the subsequent Andante in 6/8 for the synchronization of dramatic revelation with the demands of musical form." Grove Opera Vol. 3 p. 634.
Early issues of the first edition of Mozart's best-loved opera are very scarce. Haberkamp records only two copies of the first issue and one of the second: in Dresden and Salzburg. The copies in the British Library and the Austrian National Library are likewise of the present third issue. This is an exceptionally fine copy with no marks, stains, tears, or foxing.
First performed in Vienna at the Burgtheater on May 1, 1786, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after Beaumarchais. "Figaro is generally agreed to be the most perfect and least problematic of Mozart's great operas... In the great finales of Acts 2 and 4, Mozart reached a level which he could never surpass; indeed, he was hardly to equal the Bb Allegro of the second act finale for its mercurial motivic play and the subsequent Andante in 6/8 for the synchronization of dramatic revelation with the demands of musical form." Grove Opera Vol. 3 p. 634.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791). Le Nozze di Figaro. Die Hochzeit des Figaro. Eine Comische Oper in 4. Aufzügen...fürs Clavier eingerichtet von C. G. Neefe.. Bonn: N. Simrock. 1796. First edition. 228, [3], [1 (blank)] pages. Oblong 4to (c.21.5 x 30cms). Engraved throughout. [PN] 28. Text in Italian and German. Includes as No. 30, Mozart's aria "Al desio di chi t'adora" (k. 577). Blue marbled boards. Haberkamp's third issue (page 258, plates 218-220); Hoboken 259; RISM M 4343.
Early issues of the first edition of Mozart's best-loved opera are very scarce. Haberkamp records only two copies of the first issue and one of the second: in Dresden and Salzburg. The copies in the British Library and the Austrian National Library are likewise of the present third issue. This is an exceptionally fine copy with no marks, stains, tears, or foxing.
First performed in Vienna at the Burgtheater on May 1, 1786, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after Beaumarchais. "Figaro is generally agreed to be the most perfect and least problematic of Mozart's great operas... In the great finales of Acts 2 and 4, Mozart reached a level which he could never surpass; indeed, he was hardly to equal the Bb Allegro of the second act finale for its mercurial motivic play and the subsequent Andante in 6/8 for the synchronization of dramatic revelation with the demands of musical form." Grove Opera Vol. 3 p. 634.
Early issues of the first edition of Mozart's best-loved opera are very scarce. Haberkamp records only two copies of the first issue and one of the second: in Dresden and Salzburg. The copies in the British Library and the Austrian National Library are likewise of the present third issue. This is an exceptionally fine copy with no marks, stains, tears, or foxing.
First performed in Vienna at the Burgtheater on May 1, 1786, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after Beaumarchais. "Figaro is generally agreed to be the most perfect and least problematic of Mozart's great operas... In the great finales of Acts 2 and 4, Mozart reached a level which he could never surpass; indeed, he was hardly to equal the Bb Allegro of the second act finale for its mercurial motivic play and the subsequent Andante in 6/8 for the synchronization of dramatic revelation with the demands of musical form." Grove Opera Vol. 3 p. 634.