Mozart–Da Ponte trilogy

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The Mozart–Da Ponte trilogy is a celebrated set of three Italian comic operas—Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte—created through the collaboration of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf operatic trilogy
set of operas
catalogueAbbreviationOfComposer K.
commissionedFor Viennese court theatres NERFINISHED
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Austria
endTime 1790
firstOpera Le nozze di Figaro GENERATED
genre comic opera
opera buffa
hasCanonicalStatus standard operatic repertoire
hasComposerLibrettistPair Mozart–Da Ponte GENERATED
hasInfluenced 19th-century opera
modern opera staging practices
hasPart Così fan tutte NERFINISHED
Don Giovanni NERFINISHED
Le nozze di Figaro NERFINISHED
hasPerformanceTradition performed individually
sometimes presented as a cycle
hasScholarlyTopic Classical-era opera
Da Ponte studies
Mozart studies
hasTheme disguise and deception
infidelity
love and desire
morality and punishment
social class and hierarchy
hasVocalForces chorus
ensembles
solo voices
language Italian
librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte NERFINISHED
librettoLanguage Italian
musicStyle Classical
notableFor collaboration between Mozart and Da Ponte
complex ensemble writing
influence on opera buffa
psychological depth of characters
originalLanguage Italian
period Classical era
principalCityOfPremieres Vienna NERFINISHED
secondOpera Don Giovanni NERFINISHED
settingOfMostOperas 18th-century Europe
startTime 1786
thirdOpera Così fan tutte NERFINISHED
typicalOrchestration Classical orchestra
typicalPerformanceContext opera house
typicalPerformanceLanguage Italian

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Così fan tutte partOf Mozart–Da Ponte trilogy