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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: Neocon who wrote (62093)	11/4/1999 10:40:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) of 108807

da Ponte was more than a "good" librettist! He did a brilliant job on Figaro and Giovanni. He was a poet (I think in the courts of Vienna) and a highly educated man. His libretti were carefully chosen and constructed to fit a composer's personality; he was an artist where many of the day were just hacks. I won't argue about Mozart, who along with Bach, is my personal musical god, but I do think you're not giving Puccini enough credit with "a fine aria here and there". He was a master at bel canto and theatrical style. He understood the voice, and his melodies are soaring, his harmonies inventive. He shamelessly manipulates us, I agree! But so well!! As for vocalization, Mozart's coloratura arias are like Hanon exercises for the voice. Who sang Tosca?

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