BARENREITER Le nozze di Figaro (ital./dt.). Opera buffa in quattro atti. Honolka-Übers. (geb.) KV 492: Die Hochzeit des Figaro. Opera buffa in 4 Akten. KV 492

Premièred at the Vienna Hoftheater on 1 May 1786, Wolfang Amadeus Mozarts and Lorenzo Da Pontes Le nozze di Figaro may be safely regarded as one of the greatest operatic successes of all times. Yet its success was not entirely due to Mozarts music: on the contrary, because of the extraordinary demands it placed on the orchestra (especially the woodwinds), the music even posed an obstacle to the works spread outside the German-speaking countries. At least equally responsible for the operas success was the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, who managed to transform a topical and socio-critical stage play into an opera libretto as effective as it is amusing. This full score score of Le nozze di Figaro was published in the New Mozart Edition and is prepared by Ludwig Finscher. Many of the sources for Mozarts first opera from the Lorenzo Da Ponte trilogy only became available to scholars again after the New Mozart Edition volume was published. These include the autograph scores of acts 3 and 4, now held at the Biblioteka Jagiello ka in Kraków, significant portions of the original sets of parts and acts 2 to 4 of the conductors copy from the first performance of 1786. These original sources, now available again, offer compelling solutions to several previously unresolved questions. - Edition from the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition reflecting the latest musicological research - With findings from original sources now available again - Vocal score (BA4565-90), study score (TP320) & Facsimile (BVK1882) available for sale - Performance material (BA4565-72) available to hire