ABSTRACT

The study of opera in the second half of the eighteenth century has flourished during the last several decades, and our knowledge of the operas written during that period and of their aesthetic, social, and political context has vastly increased. This volume explores opera and operatic life of the years 1750-1800 through a selection of articles intended to represent the last few decades of scholarship in all its excitement and variety.

part IV|47 pages

Orientalism and Exoticism

part VI|97 pages

Mozart and His Viennese Contemporaries

chapter 18|25 pages

Mozart’s Fee for Così fan tutte

chapter 19|13 pages

How original was Mozart?

Evidence from opera buffa