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Contents
- Introduction Jessica Waldoff;
- Part I . Conception and Context:
- 1. German Opera in Mozart's Vienna Estelle Joubert;
- 2. 'The Magic Flute's' Libretto and German Enlightenment Theater Reform Martin Nedbal;
- 3. Emanuel Schikaneder and the Theater auf der Wieden Lisa de Alwis;
- 4. 'The Magic Flute' in 1791 Austin Glatthorn;
- Part II . Music, Text, and Action:
- 5. Music as Stage-Craft Julian Rushton;
- 6. Enduring Portraits: The Arias Laurel E. Zeiss;
- 7. 'All Together, Now'? Ensembles and Choruses in 'The Magic Flute' Nicholas Marston;
- 8. Musical Topics, Quotations, and
- References Mark Ferraguto;
- 9. Instrumentation, Magical and Mundane Emily I. Dolan and Hayley Fenn;
- 10. The Dialogue as Indispensable Catherine Coppola;
- 11. Music, Drama and Spectacle in the Finales John Platoff; III. Approaches and Perspectives:
- 12. Seeking Enlightenment in Mozart's 'Magic Flute' Richard Kramer;
- 13. Birdsong and Hieroglyphs: Exoticism and Enlightened Orientalism in 'The Magic Flute' Matthew Head;
- 14. Partial Derivatives: Sources, Types, and Tropes in 'The Magic Flute' Thomas Bauman;
- 15. Pamina, the Queen, and the Representation of Women Jessica Waldoff;
- 16. Blackness and Whiteness in 'The Magic Flute' – Reflections from Shakespeare Studies Adeline Mueller; IV. Reception, Interpretation, and Influence:
- 17. Zauberflöte: A Cultural Phenomenon in an Age of Revolution Ian Woodfieldi;
- 18. 'The Magic Flute' in Biography, Criticism, and Literature Simon P. Keefe;
- 19. The Elusive Compositional History of 'The Magic Flute' Daniel R. Melamed;
- 20. Staging 'The Magic Flute' Kate Hopkins;
- 21. Ingmar Bergman's Film Version of 'The Magic Flute' Dean Duncan.