CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. Preface IX
4. Chapter One. Music's Voices 1
5. Chapter Two. What the Sorcerer Said 30
6. Chapter Three. Cherubino Uncovered: Reflexivity in Operatic Narration 61
7. Chapter Four. Mahler's Deafness: Opera and the Scene of Narration in Todtenfeier 119
8. Chapter Five. Wotan's Monologue and the Morality of Musical Narration 156
9. Chapter Six. Brünnhilde Walks by Night 206
10. Notes 251
11. Bibliography 275
12. Index 283