Recognition in Mozart's operas / Jessica Waldoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldoff, Jessica Pauline, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.

Opera--18th century.

Opera.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Recognition in Mozart's Operas' is a thoughful treatise that uses both literary and musicological methods to illuminate some of Mozart's best-loved operas. Waldoff argues that, rather than offering the simple happy endings or tragic climaxes of 'easier' operas, many of Mozart's work features scenes of recognition-moments.

Contents:

Operatic enlightenment in Die Zauberflote

Recognition scenes in theory and practice

Reading opera for the plot

Sentimental knowledge in La finta giardiniera

Recognition denied in Don Giovanni

Sense and sensibility in Cosi fan tutte

Fiordiligi : a woman of feeling

The sense of the ending in La clemenza di Tito.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-028818-3

0-19-985630-3

9786610837649

0-19-534853-2

1-280-83764-0

1-4294-2025-1

OCLC:

77519660