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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465828603321

Autore

Waldoff Jessica Pauline <1964->

Titolo

Recognition in Mozart's operas [[electronic resource] /] / Jessica Waldoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-985630-3

9786610837649

0-19-534853-2

1-280-83764-0

1-4294-2025-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

782.1/092

Soggetti

Opera - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Operatic enlightenment in Die Zauberflöte -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

'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.