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Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of the full score to one of the world's most beloved operas. Fully engraved. Note: The first issue (with the plate mark 1603 on title page) is printed on thicker paper than later issues.
"Le nozze di Figaro was
Mozart and Da Ponte's first operatic collaboration. Mozart began work on
the music in 1785; the opera had its premiere in Vienna the following
year. Its treasures are many, beginning with arias reflecting the many
facets of love: Cherubino's eager adolescent yearning, the Countess's
bittersweet recollection of a love lately lost, and finally Susanna's
seductive invitation, "Deh vieni," which manages to be both archly
teasing and sweetly sincere. Other sketches are equally deft, from
jealous Figaro's malicious minuet, "Se vuol ballare," to silly
Barbarina's mock-tragic lament over a lost pin... For all the glories in
the procession of arias, the real magic lies in the ensembles. Figaro's
plot is a maze of misunderstandings, disguises, and machinations; Mozart
neatly untangles the knots (or further confuses things, when
appropriate), all the while weaving together several voices, each with
perfect musical-emotional pitch.
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