The Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780486318073
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Classical Music

Now available for the first time in a sturdily produced, reasonably priced paperbound edition is the complete orchestral score of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, widely considered the greatest comic opera ever written. Based on the second play of a trilogy by Beaumarchais (the first was The Barber of Seville), Figaro elevates the time-honored opera buffa of Italian tradition to new heights, transfiguring persons and scenes with glorious melodies and superb dramatic characterizations.
This edition, based on Mozart's autograph manuscript and early German translations of the libretto, embodies both the original Italian libretto of Lorenzo Da Ponte and a new corrected version of the German text. It is totally complete and contains all passages, including some that are missing from other editions and often cut in performances. In addition, the Editor's Commentary includes a complete review of all dubious passages and text problems.
This full orchestral score is an indispensable aid for study and for anyone listening to recordings or live performances. In no other manner can the listener or student keep full awareness of the many elements that make up this opera.

Verwandlung	Mutazione
[Dichter Garten mit zwei praktikabeln Lauben]	[Folto guardino, con due nicchie paralelle praticabili]
Fünfte Szene	Scena V
Barbarina (allein [mit etwas Obst und Kuchen]).	Barbarina (sola [con alcuna frutta e ciambelle]).

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25. Aria

Achte Szene	Seena VIII
[Figaro (allein)]	[Figaro (solo)]

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26. Recitativo ed Aria

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27. Recitativo ed Aria

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28. Finale

BASIS OF THE EDITION

The present score is based on Mozart’s own manuscript, in the collection of the Prussian State Library in Berlin. Unfortunately this manuscript is not preserved in its entirety; it lacks the recitative “Dunque voi non aprite?” following the Trio No. 13, and the recitative “Tutto è disposto” preceding Figaro’s Aria No. 26, both replaced in the manuscript by a copyist’s work. Also missing are the recitative “Perfida, e in quella forma meco mentia” preceding the Finale No. 28, and the wind and brass parts of the same Finale from measure 335 to the end, which were written on an “extra sheet.” For editing these missing passages, especially the wind and brass parts, it was possible to consult a few old copies—principally the one in the Prince Fürstenberg Library in Donaueschingen—which helped clear up many doubts. The autograph manuscript is very clearly written, but contains many slips of the pen and minor errors of the type commonly made w...