... , also had a hand in it. As Da Ponte was Vienna's most popular libretto writer and as he was well-versed in literature, it was only natural that he should be chosen as text writer. The subject was very popular at the time. On October 1st, When ... to have combined tragic and comic elements, seduction and passion into a unity. He depicts individual scenes quite accurately, without propagating naturalistic "sound pictures-. The opera as a whole goes for more than three hours, with the overture lasting about 6-7 minutes. The orchestra consists of 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2...

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