Not without madness : perspectives on opera / Fabrizio Della Seta ; translated by Mark Weir.

Originally published in Italian as: " ... Non senza pazzia" : prospettive sul teatro musicale. Rome : Carocci editore, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theory and analysis. Emotion and action : on the theory of Italian opera ; Ernani : the "Carlo Quinto" act ; "O cieli azzurri" : exoticism and dramatic discourse in Aida ; What "happens" in the act 2 finale of Le nozze di Figaro? ; The death of King Duncan : from Shakespeare to Verdi, via the French Revolution ; "D'amor sull'ali rosee" : analyzing melody and the creative process -- History and criticism. Some difficulties in the historiography of Italian opera ; Verdi : the Italian tradition and the European experience ; Meyerbeer in nineteenth-century Italian criticism and the idea of "musical drama" ; Alberto Mazzucato and the beginnings of Italian Verdi criticism ; Parola scenica in Verdi and his critics ; Gabriele Baldini on Verdi : a theory of opera.

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Opera often seems to arouse either irrational enthusiasm or visceral dislike. Such madness, as Goethe wrote, is indispensable in all theater, and yet in practice, sentiment and passion must be balanced by sense and reason. Exploring this tension between madness and reason, Not without Madness presents new analytical approaches to thinking about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century opera through the lenses of its historical and cultural contexts. In these twelve essays, Fabrizio Della Seta explores the concept of opera as a dramatic event and an essential moment in the history of theater. Examini.

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