Drama. Music. Translated from the Italian by the editor. This is the first of a six volume series of translations of libretti by Donald Pippin. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "Donald Pippin, the founder, director and one-man band behind Pocket Opera, has been delighting Bay Area audiences for 25 years with his lithe, elegant versions of the operatic repertoire." The libretti included in this volume are Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, The Abduction from the Seraglio (or Yanked from the Harem) and The Marriage of Figaro. Joshua Kosman, music critic for the Chronicle comments in his introduction to the book, that these libretti are "an eminently practical resource for impresarios and opera companies everywhere...An eloquent argument in support of the art of opera in translation... Read. Marvel. Enjoy." Also available from SPD from is OPERA IN ENGLISH: VOLUME TWO, PUCCINI.

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