Klarinet Archive - Posting 000205.txt from 2008/12

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: If Mozart Were Alive Today...
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:35:43 -0500

No so, Alexander. The central theme of Cosi Fan Tutte is based on lying,
cheating, and wife swapping. Marriage of Figaro is also not very innocent,
having a heavy theme of "right of the first night" and sexual predation,
which is also a major theme of Don Giovanni.

Dan Leeson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Brash" <brash@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: If Mozart Were Alive Today...

> Yeah, rappers talk about sex, drugs, cheating, lying, stealing, killing,
> and rape. I can't think of a single Mozart opera on these topics.

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