Study Day: Mozart's Operas

Professor Simon Keefe (University of Sheffield) hosts a study day examining Mozart's operas, including the circumstances of their composition, their literary and cultural contexts, and their styles, focussing in particular on 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' (1782) and 'Le nozze di Figaro' (1786). Discussing literary, genre and style-related contexts, performance locations for the premieres, and adjustments made by Mozart to accommodate individual singers. Plus, a detailed study of individual numbers these operas.