Dramatic element in Mozart's sonatas -let the melody sing

Operas was Mozart's true passion.

When Mozart's opera was playing in major opera houses in Milan, Italy, Mozart was only 14 years old. "I have only to hear an opera discussed, I have only to sit in a theater, hear the orchestra tuning their instruments;oh, I am quite beside myself at once." Mozart once wrote.

Mozart's greastest operas, to say the least, include Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giavanni, Marriage of Figaro, and the Magic Flute. Each of them is a masterpiece and each of them is genius work. I highly recommend seeing his operas; it will truly bring your playing to the next level. Med Opera in New York replays after live performanc in North American local theatres HD. I have smartly found the Magic Flute being replayed in December here in Calgary Canada. Check your local shows. Don't miss it. Make a trip to New York, if necessary. Mozart's popularity is universal. No matter where you reside, see his Magic Flute, please. Even on Youtube. Papageno is so cute. The lyriticism, orchestration, and harmony are just sublime. The Magic Flute is Mozart's last (and the best, in my humble opinion) opera.

Operatic style was found everywhere in his piano sonatas. Mood changes, dialogues between characters, multi-voiced melodies, accompanied recitatives, dramatic expressions, duets, trios are all found in his sonatas. Having this understanding in mind will greatly help you make right articulation decisions.

For example, when playing a multi-voiced passage, the clarity and independance of each voice/melody line should be maintained at all times. In order to achieve this, not only you should practice each voice well, you should also put them together to see if they sing together in good harmony. Again, hand separate then hand together. It is also essential to make good fingering decisions to make melodic line unbroken. As well, deciding on the breathing points! Music should sing like a singer and breathe like a singer.

Music is life; life is drama. As heavenly and divine as his music is, to me he is an earthy, honest human being who loves life.

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” ― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart