Enchantment : the seductress in opera /
Starobinski, Jean.
Delogu, Christopher Jon.
New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press,
c2008.
Originally published: Les enchanteresses. Paris : Seuil, c 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-249) and index.
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.
Women in opera.
Seduction in opera.
Operas