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.
ISBN: | 9780199856305 |
Publication date: | 3rd November 2011 |
Author: | Jessica Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, College of the Holy Cross Waldoff |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 352 pages |
Genres: |
Opera Composers and songwriters Art music, orchestral and formal music |