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Reflecting a wide variety of approaches to eighteenth-century opera, this Companion brings together leading international experts in the field to provide a valuable reference source. Viewing opera as a complex and fascinating form of art and social ritual, rather than reducing it simply to music and text analysis, individual essays investigate aspects such as audiences, architecture of the theaters, marketing, acting style, and the politics and strategy of representing class and gender. Overall, the volume provides a synthesis of well established knowledge, reflects recent research on eighteenth-century opera, and stimulates further research. The reader is encouraged to view opera as a cultural phenomenon that can reveal aspects of our culture, both past and present. Eighteenth-century opera is experiencing continuing critical and popular success through innovative and provoking productions world-wide, and this Companion will appeal to opera goers as well as to students and teachers of this key topic.

Opera --- Music --- Theatrical science --- anno 1700-1799 --- Opéra --- Opera - 18th century

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Opera --- Gluck, Christoph Willibald --- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, --- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von --- Addresses, essays, lectures --- Opera - 18th century

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Opera --- Opéra --- Congresses --- -Comic opera --- Lyric drama --- Opera, Comic --- Operas --- Drama --- Dramatic music --- Singspiel --- History and criticism --- Congresses. --- -Congresses --- Opéra --- Comic opera --- Opera - 18th century - Congresses

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Opera --- Enlightenment --- Opéra --- Siècle des Lumières --- -Enlightenment --- -Opera --- -Comic opera --- Lyric drama --- Opera, Comic --- Operas --- Drama --- Dramatic music --- Singspiel --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- History and criticism --- Lumières (Philosophie) --- Lumières [Siècle des ] --- Verlichting (Filosofie) --- Opéra --- Siècle des Lumières --- -Aufklärung --- Comic opera --- Europe --- 18th century --- Opera - - 18th century - Europe --- -Enlightenment - Europe

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The choruses from the eighteenth century opere serie of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart represent a body of literature that is relatively unknown. While the majority of Italian opere serie exclude the chorus, most of Mozart's works in this genre contain significant choral scenes. The existence of opera seria as popular musical theater was short-lived, yet the choruses from Mozart's opere serie are worthy examples of secular choral literature. The study includes a scholarly examination of the opera seria as a genre, as well as the historical role of the opera chorus. Of particular importance is the ope

Choral music. --- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791. --- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791. -- Operas. --- Opera -- 18th century. --- Opera --- Choral music --- Choruses --- Choruses, Sacred --- Choruses, Secular --- Music, Choral --- Sacred choral music --- Secular choral music --- Church music --- Music --- Vocal music --- History and criticism --- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,