| Description |
xiv, 240 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-228) and index. |
| Contents |
The prince as deity, beast, and tyrant: Monteverdi's Orfeo, Ulisse, and Poppea -- The dialectic of operatic civilization: Mozart's Don Giovanni -- Opera and revolutionary virtue: Beethoven's Fidelio -- The utopian vision of romantic anticapitalism: Wagner's Parsifal -- The politics of psychological interiorization: Strauss's Elektra and Schoenberg's Erwartung -- The aesthtic politics of the German artist-opera: Pfitzner's Palestrina, Hindemith's Mathis, and Schoenberg's Moses -- Eros and revolt: Henze's Bassarids. |
| Subject |
Opera -- Political aspects.
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| ISBN |
0300069359 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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