Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
4. Editorial Policies xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. INTRODUCTION 3
7. PART ONE: Opera Buffa as Entertainment
8. CHAPTER ONE. Opera Buffa as Sheer Pleasure 27
9. CHAPTER TWO. Opera Buffa’s Conservative Frameworks 52
10. CHAPTER THREE. Opera Buffa’s Social Reversals 71
11. PART TWO: The Closed Musical Numbers of Opera Buffa and Their Social Implications
12. CHAPTER FOUR. Arias: Some Issues 95
13. CHAPTER FIVE. Class and Gender in Arias: Five Aria Types 110
14. CHAPTER SIX. Ensembles 156
15. CHAPTER SEVEN. Beginning and Ending Together: Introduzioni and Finales 196
16. PART THREE: Così Fan Tutte le Opere? A Masterwork in Context
17. CHAPTER EIGHT. Così fan tutte in Conversation 247
18. CHAPTER NINE. Così fan tutte and Convention 273
19. APPENDIX ONE. Operas Consulted 299
20. APPENDIX TWO. Musical Forms in Opera Buffa Arias 305
21. APPENDIX THREE. Plot Summaries for I finti eredi, Le gare generose, and L’incognita perseguitata 309
22. Works Cited 313
23. Index 323