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Enchantment : the seductress in opera

Title
Enchantment : the seductress in opera / Jean Starobinski ; translated by C. Jon Delogu ; drawings by Karl-Ernst Herrmann ; foreword by Victor Brombert.
Author
Starobinski, Jean.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
Delogu, Christopher Jon.
Description
xxii, 262 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
European perspectives
Uniform Title
Enchanteresses. English
Alternative Title
Enchanteresses.
Subject
  • Women in opera
  • Seduction in opera
  • Characters and characteristics in opera
Note
  • Originally published: Les enchanteresses. Paris : Seuil, c 2005.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-245) and index.
Contents
Singing and seducing -- Mozart. The Da Ponte operas ; The marriage of Figaro ; Registers of excess : Don Giovanni ; Così fan tutte ; The promise of Idomeneo ; Lights and powers : The magic flute -- Usurpations and revolts. Poppea victorious ; The magic of Alcina ; Love unto death : another Romeo ; Manon ; Ariane and Bluebeard, or, The useless rescue ; Elektra , or, The accomplishment of hatred -- "Ombra adorata". "Ombra adorata".
Call Number
JME 08-590
ISBN
  • 9780231140904 (alk. paper)
  • 0231140908 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007041031
OCLC
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Author
Starobinski, Jean.
Title
Enchantment : the seductress in opera / Jean Starobinski ; translated by C. Jon Delogu ; drawings by Karl-Ernst Herrmann ; foreword by Victor Brombert.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
Series
European perspectives
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-245) and index.
Added Author
Delogu, Christopher Jon.
Research Call Number
JME 08-590
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