What is a recitative and how Mozart writes the best |Le Nozze di Figaro analysis
In this video I will go bar by bar into Mozart’s recitativo “Hai gia vinta la causa“ from Le Nozze di Figaro ( Marriage of Figaro), to show you how every note and effect perfectly reflects the character’s feelings. I will also go through recitativo basics: what is a recitativo, what is the difference between a recitativo secco and accompagnato, and how conductors accompany recitativos.
00:00 How I met the opera recitativo
00:50 What is a recitativo
01:34 What is a recitativo secco vs what is a recitativo accompagnato
03:00 What is the plot of Le Nozze di Figaro
03:27 The office Prima Nocta
04:00 “Hai gia vinta la causa“ recitativo analysis
09:48 How to conduct a recitativo
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