Vox Eurydice: The Ascent of the Female Rescuer in German-Language Opera

Margaret Ann Mendenhall

doi:10.5771/9781666961225

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-6121-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-6122-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 192
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
1. Sources of the Orpheus and Eurydice Myth and Its Dissemination in Europe No access
2. The Development of Opera in Late Renaissance-Early Baroque Period Italy No access
3. Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice No access
4. The Early Development of Opera in the German-Speaking Europe No access
1. Mozart and Societal Influences during the Classical Music Era No access
2. 1. 1. Die Entführung aus dem Serail No access
    2. Die Zauberflöte No access
1. 1. The Development of the Rescue Opera No access
  2. Beethoven and German-Language Opera in Transition No access
2. 1. Beethoven’s Life and His Symbolic Importance as an Artist No access
  2. Beethoven: The Stage Music No access
  3. Fidelio No access
1. Wagner’s Early Life No access
2. Wagner’s Earliest Projects No access
1. Der Fliegende Holländer No access
2. Tannhäuser No access
3. Lohengrin No access
1. Wagner’s Transitional Years No access
2. Tristan und Isolde No access
3. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg No access
1. 1. Development of Der Ring des Nibelungen No access
  2. 1. Das Rheingold No access
    2. Die Walküre No access
    3. Siegfried No access
    4. Götterdämmerung No access
  3. Interpretations of Der Ring des Nibelungen No access
2. Parsifal, Wagner’s Festival Play to Consecrate a Stage No access
3. Wagner and His Ongoing Legacy No access
Chapter 9: Summary No access Pages 159 - 166
References No access Pages 167 - 182
Index No access Pages 183 - 190
About the Author No access Pages 191 - 192