International scholars focus on the opera "Le nozze di Figaro" by Mozart and da Ponte What was Vienna's music scene like around 1780, who were the actors on and behind the opera stage - and what were the unique laws of the time? International scholars will come together from 3 to 5 July in a public symposium to shed light on musical culture in Vienna in the 1780s. At the centre of the discussions is the opera "Le nozze di Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (music) and Lorenzo da Ponte (text), which can currently be seen in a production at the Oldenburg State Theatre.
",La cosa è scabrosa' (The matter is delicate). Musical culture on the opera stage in Vienna around 1780" is the full title of the public event organised by the Institute of Music at the University of Oldenburg (academic directors: Prof. Dr. Melanie Unseld and Dr. des. Carola Bebermeier) is organising in collaboration with the Oldenburg State Theatre.
"Scabrosa" - "delicate" is the question of how Mozart's opera "Le nozze di Figaro" can be approached from a historical distance. After all, the comedy of the opera is aimed at the theatre audience of the 1780s in Vienna - who were familiar with the conventions of the genre, knew the actors and understood the allusions hidden in the libretto and music.
During the symposium, the scholars want to uncover such meanings that are no longer known - and take a comprehensive look at the work from the perspective of musicology: from the specific genre of comic opera (opera buffa), to the singers as central protagonists, to new questions about "Le nozze di Figaro". Time and place: 3 to 5 July 2015, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Theaterwall 28, 26122 Oldenburg.
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Dr des. Carola Bebermeier
Institute of Music