L’Opéra en version anglaise : un enjeu esthétique ou sociologique ? by Pierre Degott

“…A comparative study of several translations of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro further displays the interrelatedness of the sociological and aesthetic issues of operatic translation.…”
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Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Last Savage: Opera, Science, and Relevance in Cold War American Culture by Cynthia Lisa Dretel

“…This opera baited the critics by consciously defying modern aesthetics, emulating Mozart’s subtle subversion of the nobility’s authority in Le nozze di Figaro. Menotti paralleled the Faustian motif of scientific discovery at the expense of society – a theme prevalent in contemporary science plays – with the rise of post-tonal music and its inaccessibility to general audiences. …”
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The opera fantasias and transcriptions of Franz Liszt by Hamilton, K, Hamilton, Kenneth Lawrie

“…Our knowledge is deficient even with regard to identification and dating; the <em>Fantasia on Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Juan</em> is unknown in its original form, while the <em>Fantasia on Il Giuramento</em> has remained unidentified.…”