This is an opera by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero on a libretto by Marco Ravasini written in 1985. It is a comic opera in two acts about a Middle European philosopher, alert to the implications of a post-modern world, who deserts negative dialectics for money-making. It is a fine juxtaposition of "high" and popular culture music. The premiere took place at Teatro Comunale Alessandria on September 11, 1985. "What is typical, and most beautiful,...
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This is an opera by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero on a libretto by Marco Ravasini written in 1985. It is a comic opera in two acts about a Middle European philosopher, alert to the implications of a post-modern world, who deserts negative dialectics for money-making. It is a fine juxtaposition of "high" and popular culture music. The premiere took place at Teatro Comunale Alessandria on September 11, 1985.
"What is typical, and most beautiful, about the opera buffa is that one can express the most profound thoughts, whilst at the same time amusing oneself and the others."
Lorenzo Ferrero
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