Magic flutes & enchanted forests
Subtitle: the supernatural in eighteenth-century musical theater
By: David J. Buch.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780226078090; 9780226078106
Subjects: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791; Musical theater -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Supernatural in musical theater; Music and magic
Other titles: Magic flutes and enchanted forests
Description: Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets and plays with supernatural themes, this book argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of 18th-century musical theatre and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: L'Académie royale de musique; title: Opéra-comique; title: Italian serious genres; title: Italian comic genres; title: German musical theater; title: The supernatural in the operas of Mozart.