Title: Magic flutes & 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.
Subjects: Music and magic, History, Musical theater, Supernatural in musical theater, Opera, Mozart, wolfgang amadeus, 1756-1791, Europe, history, 18th century, Theater, europe, history
Places: Europe
People: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Time periods: 18th century