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Understanding the women of Mozart's operas /Kristi Brown-Montesano.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, (c)2007.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 316 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520932968
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ML410 .U534 2007
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Contents:
2. Sisterhood and seduction I : abandonment and rescue-Donna Elvira -- 3. Class survival-Zerlina -- 4. Feminine vengeance II : (over)powered politics-The queen of the night -- 5. Good daughter, good wife-Pamina -- 6. Woman's identity I : sacred and profane-The three ladies and Papagena -- 7. Sisterhood and seduction II : friendship and class-Countess Almaviva and Susanna -- 8. Woman's identity II : loss and legitimacy-Marcellina and Barbarina -- 9. Sisterhood and seduction III : intimacy and influence-Fiordiligi and Dorabella -- 10. Survival class-Despina.
Summary: Kristi Brown-Montesano explores the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas, 'Le nozze di Figaro' 'Don Giovanni', 'Cosi fan tutte', and 'Die Zauberflote'. Each chapter looks at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction ML410.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn808600736

Kristi Brown-Montesano explores the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas, 'Le nozze di Figaro' 'Don Giovanni', 'Cosi fan tutte', and 'Die Zauberflote'. Each chapter looks at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Feminine vengeance I : the assailed/assailant-Donna Anna -- 2. Sisterhood and seduction I : abandonment and rescue-Donna Elvira -- 3. Class survival-Zerlina -- 4. Feminine vengeance II : (over)powered politics-The queen of the night -- 5. Good daughter, good wife-Pamina -- 6. Woman's identity I : sacred and profane-The three ladies and Papagena -- 7. Sisterhood and seduction II : friendship and class-Countess Almaviva and Susanna -- 8. Woman's identity II : loss and legitimacy-Marcellina and Barbarina -- 9. Sisterhood and seduction III : intimacy and influence-Fiordiligi and Dorabella -- 10. Survival class-Despina.

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