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The Murder of Figaro (a musical mystery)

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Description:“The Murder of Figaro” is a comical-historical-theatrical murder mystery set in Vienna in 1786, starring the rising young composer Wolfgang Amadé Mozart as the very reluctant sleuth. On the day of the first staging rehearsal of Mozart’s ridiculously brilliant and politically daring opera "The Marriage of Figaro," a dead body is discovered in the theater. It is the Imperial Censor, who hated the theater almost as much as the theater hated him. Rehearsal is cancelled. A hasty verdict of suicide is handed down. Librettist Lorenzo DaPonte is arrested, and languishes in jail even when the verdict is changed to murder. Singers accuse each other of the murder, while witty playwrights all admit to having done it. Ultra-conservatives try to kill the opera and its revolutionary message. Freemasons flee Vienna. in a desperate scramble to save the opera, Da Ponte and their lives, Mozart and his clever wife Constanze untangle a web of lies, scandal, sex and international intrigue. Can they solve this deadly mystery? Will "Figaro" play in Vienna? The Mozarts are commanded by their Emperor to act as detectives in order to save the opera’s chances; finding themselves caught up in dark web of intrigue, violence, vendetta, a rape, another murder and its cover-up, they invent a theatrical ‘mousetrap’ to catch the culprit. Working on a framework of historical events and the letters and memoirs of the principal characters, the book inserts an imaginary murder mystery into their already full lives. Written in libretto form, it zips along like the opera it mirrors (62,750 words) and gives the reader a chance to sit in coffeeshops, theaters, boudoirs and jails with these interesting people and listen in on their fascinating (almost totally made-up) conversations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Murder of Figaro (a musical mystery). To get started finding The Murder of Figaro (a musical mystery), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: “The Murder of Figaro” is a comical-historical-theatrical murder mystery set in Vienna in 1786, starring the rising young composer Wolfgang Amadé Mozart as the very reluctant sleuth. On the day of the first staging rehearsal of Mozart’s ridiculously brilliant and politically daring opera "The Marriage of Figaro," a dead body is discovered in the theater. It is the Imperial Censor, who hated the theater almost as much as the theater hated him. Rehearsal is cancelled. A hasty verdict of suicide is handed down. Librettist Lorenzo DaPonte is arrested, and languishes in jail even when the verdict is changed to murder. Singers accuse each other of the murder, while witty playwrights all admit to having done it. Ultra-conservatives try to kill the opera and its revolutionary message. Freemasons flee Vienna. in a desperate scramble to save the opera, Da Ponte and their lives, Mozart and his clever wife Constanze untangle a web of lies, scandal, sex and international intrigue. Can they solve this deadly mystery? Will "Figaro" play in Vienna? The Mozarts are commanded by their Emperor to act as detectives in order to save the opera’s chances; finding themselves caught up in dark web of intrigue, violence, vendetta, a rape, another murder and its cover-up, they invent a theatrical ‘mousetrap’ to catch the culprit. Working on a framework of historical events and the letters and memoirs of the principal characters, the book inserts an imaginary murder mystery into their already full lives. Written in libretto form, it zips along like the opera it mirrors (62,750 words) and gives the reader a chance to sit in coffeeshops, theaters, boudoirs and jails with these interesting people and listen in on their fascinating (almost totally made-up) conversations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Murder of Figaro (a musical mystery). To get started finding The Murder of Figaro (a musical mystery), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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