Seven Mozart Librettos

A Verse Translation

J. D. McClatchy (The Yale Review), J. D. McClatchy

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Norton
18 February 2011

Music; Opera; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

A landmark event in the world of music, Mozart's seven major librettos have finally been translated in verse with a sparkling poetic quality that matches the magnificence of the originals. Beginning this epic endeavor with his translation of The Magic Flute, first introduced at the Metropolitan Opera, McClatchy has now completed his translations of Idomeneo, The Abduction from the Seraglio, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così Fan Tutte, and La Clemenza di Tito. The result is a brilliantly translated and handsomely designed volume that brings the lively wordplay and drama of the originals to life in a verse that matches the exuberance and lyricism of the original Da Ponte, Schikaneder, Varesco, Mazzolà, and Stephanie librettos. With facing-page text and an illuminating introduction to each opera-including a dramatic recap, a history of the opera, and a list of characters-this book is a masterpiece, the likes of which has never been seen in English before.

By: J. D. McClatchy
Translated by: J. D. McClatchy (The Yale Review)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 168mm, Spine: 58mm
Weight: 1.586kg
ISBN: 9780393066098
ISBN 10: 0393066096
Pages: 1216
Publication Date: 18 February 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

J.D. McClatchy, the editor of The Yale Review, is the author of six collections of poems, three books of prose and thirteen original librettos performed around the world.

Reviews for Seven Mozart Librettos: A Verse Translation

To translate any one of these librettos into a readable prose text would be an accomplishment. To translate all seven into rhyming verse and prose recitative, fearlessly tackling two languages, is a major literary and musical event. --David Lehman