Roman Nasonov, musicologist, lecturer at the Moscow Conservatory, Candidate of Sciences in Art History, talks on the history and context of the brilliant opera.
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Learn how Mozart and da Ponte’s masterpiece, born from an old story of a vicious ruffian, was nurtured by musical and poetic insights as well as the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment, with its ideals of freedom and humanism.