Casanova's Homecoming
Music by Dominick Argento · libretto by Dominick Argento
Casanova's Homecoming is an opera in three acts by Dominick Argento to an English libretto by the composer, based in part on Giacomo Casanova's memoir. It was first performed by the Minnesota Opera in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1985. The opera has set numbers with recitative and spoken dialog. It is set in Venice in 1774.
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About the Composer
Dominick Argento (October 27, 1927 – February 20, 2019) was an American composer best known for his operatic and choral music. His compositions include the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham's Fire, The Masque of Angels, and The Aspern Papers. His song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. Argento spent most of his time in Minnesota, where he taught at the University of Minnesota. Critics have described his style as blending tonal and atonal elements, sometimes incorporating twelve-tone technique. During the 1950s, Argento spent extended periods in both the United States and Italy, often working in Florence, where he spent some time each…
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Other Operas by Dominick Argento
- Christopher Sly (1963)