Recognition in Mozart's Operas

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Recognition in Mozart's Operas is written by Jessica Waldoff and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195348532 (ISBN 10) and 9780195348538 (ISBN 13).

Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition--a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action--has been largely neglected in opera studies. In Recognition in Mozart's Operas, musicologist Jessica Waldoff draws on a broad base of critical thought on recognition from Aristotle to Terence Cave to explore the essential role it plays in Mozart's operas. The result is a fresh approach to the familiar question of opera as drama and a persuasive new reading of Mozart's operas.