Recognition in Mozart's Operas

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Oxford University Press, 13. 4. 2006 - Počet stran: 352
Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition--a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action--has been largely neglected in opera studies. In Recognition in Mozart's Operas, musicologist Jessica Waldoff draws on a broad base of critical thought on recognition from Aristotle to Terence Cave to explore the essential role it plays in Mozart's operas. The result is a fresh approach to the familiar question of opera as drama and a persuasive new reading of Mozart's operas.
 

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Introduction
3
CHAPTER 1 Operatic Enlightenment in Die Zauberflöte
17
CHAPTER 2 Recognition Scenes in Theory and Practice
44
CHAPTER 3 Reading Opera for the Plot
80
CHAPTER 4 Sentimental Knowledge in La finta giardiniera
104
CHAPTER 5 Recognition Denied in Don Giovanni
165
CHAPTER 6 Sense and Sensibility in Così fan tutte
184
A Woman of Feeling
224
CHAPTER 8 The Sense of the Ending in La clemenza di Tito
265
Afterword
309
Beyond Mozart
311
Works Cited
313
Index
325
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Jessica Waldoff is an Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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