New,The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute

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.