The Wedding of Figaro, K. 492, is an opera "Xi Opera" written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an Italian script written by Lorenzo da Ponte, and adapted from Pierre Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's stage play "The Wedding of Figaro" (1784). Although Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's play was originally banned in Vienna because it satirized the nobility and was considered dangerous in the decade before the French Revolution, it became one of Mozart's most successful works. This overture is especially famous and is often played as a concert repertoire. The musical material of this overture was not used in later works, except for two short phrases of the count in the third movement! In act 1 This opera is the first of three collaborations between Mozart and da Ponte; Their later cooperation was Don Giovanni and Coase Van Dutt. It was Mozart who first chose Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's play and took it to Da Ponte. He adapted it into a play in six weeks, rewrote it in poetic Italian, and deleted all political contents from the original. In particular, da Ponte replaced Figaro's climactic speech against hereditary nobles with an equally angry aria against unfaithful wives. Contrary to the popular my th, this play was approved by the Emperor Joseph II before Mozart wrote any music. The Royal Italian Opera Company paid Mozart 450 florin for this; This is three times his one-year (low) salary when he was a court musician in Salzburg (Solomon 1995). Daponte got 200 Frohring. Emperor Joseph II was indirectly responsible for preserving this magnificent opera score for future generations. Joseph II is looking for an opera to be performed in the palace. Mozart's works are one of the works under consideration, as well as the works of several other contemporary composers. Due to Mozart's little success at that point, it is said that he swore that if his works were ignored, he would throw the whole score into the fire. Music Style Although the character has experienced all the sadness, anxiety and anger, only one number is in minor: at the beginning of the fourth act, Barbarina's short aria L'ho perduta was written in F minor, where she mourned the loss of the pin and worried about what her host would say when she failed to deliver it. Besides, the whole opera is set in major. Mozart used the sound of two speakers playing together to represent cuckoldry in the fourth act aria. Verdi later used the same device in Ford's Falstaff aria. Critical Discussion Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote a preface for the first published version of the script. In the preface, he boldly claimed that he and Mozart had created a new form of musical drama: "Although ... made every effort ... In short, this opera will not be one of the shortest operas on our stage. We hope to find enough excuses in the various clues woven by this play (that is, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's), which are equally broad and magnificent. In order not to make the actors unemployed for too long, we have to make a variety of music, reduce the troubles and monotony of long recitations, and express various emotions in various colors, but most importantly, we hope to provide a new spectacle to the public with such elegant taste and understanding. " Charles Rosen (classical style) suggested that Da Ponte's words should be taken seriously and pointed out that "the richness of ensemble works" promoted the action more dramatically than recitation. Rosen also believes that Mozart adapted the classical music language to express drama: many parts of opera are similar to sonata form in music; Through a series of key movements, they established and solved the musical tension and provided the natural musical reflection of the drama. As Rosen said: "As the core of Mozart's style, the combination of accelerating complexity and symmetrical solutions enables him to find a musical equivalent for the great stage works as his drama model. Mozart's version of "The Wedding of Figaro" is comparable to Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's works in drama and even better in many aspects. " I hope I can help you ~