Recognition in Mozart's Operas

ISBN-13: 9780195151978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 352 str.

Jessica Waldoff

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Jessica Waldoff provides a scholarly and illuminating discussion, handsomely produced with generous musical illustrations, developing new themes of critical thought, and stimulating fresh insight into Mozart's operas.

O autorze

Jessica Waldoff is Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department at the College of the Holy Cross.