A Song of Love and Death: The Meaning of Opera |
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Aida Apollo aria Bayreuth begins Berlioz Boris Brünnhilde Callas calls Carmen century characters chorus classical comedy comic Cosi Fan Tutte Covent Garden dance death Die Zauberflöte Dionysian Dionysus divine Don Carlos Don Giovanni drama dream duet earth Elektra Elvira emotional Enée erotic Escamillo Euridice Falstaff Faust Fidelio Figaro film Gluck's Glyndebourne gods Götterdämmerung Gounod's heaven hero heroine human Idomeneo Jenůfa José kill Leporello Les Troyens Lulu lyrical Massenet's Méphistophélès Met's Monteverdi's moral Mozart's myth Nilsson once onstage opera oratorio orchestra Orfeo Orpheus Otello Paris Parsifal performance play political Ponnelle Ponnelle's production Puccini's Rigoletto rite romantic Rossini's Rysanek Salome Samson says Scarpia scene score second act sensual sexual Siegfried singer singing social society song sound stage Strauss Tannhäuser tells theater theatrical third act tion Tosca tragedy tragic Tristan and Isolde Troyens Verdi Verdi's Vickers Violetta vocal voice Wagner Wagnerian words Zauberflöte Zeffirelli