Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VI
3. List of Illustrations VIII
4. List of Tables XI
5. Preface XII
6. Editor's Preface XIV
7. 1. Sacrifice Dramas 1
8. 2. The Genesis of Idomeneo 15
9. 3. Mozart's Tragic Muse 37
10. 4. Coming of Age in Vienna: Die Entführung aus dem Serail 65
11. 5. The Poet as Stage Director: Metastasio, Goldoni, and Da Ponte 89
12. 6. From Beaumarchais to Da Ponte: The Metamorphosis of Figaro 107
13. 7. Setting the Stage for Figaro 123
14. 8. Constructing Le nozze di Figaro 133
15. 9. Don Giovanni: Conception and Creation 157
16. 10. An Iconography of the Dances in the Ballroom Scene of Don Giovanni 179
17. 11. Goldoni, Don Giovanni, and the Dramma Giocoso 195
18. 12. Donna Elvira and the Great Sextet 207
19. 13. Three Schools for Lovers, or "Così fan tutte le belle" 217
20. 14. Citation, Reference, and Recall in Così fan tutte 229
21. 15. La Clemenza di Sarastro: Masonic Beneficence in the Last Operas 255
22. 16. At the North Gate: Instrumental Music in Die Zaubevjldte 277
23. 17. Mozart and His Italian Contemporaries 299
24. 18. The Overture to La clemenza di Tito as Dramatic Argument 319
25. Works Cited 342
26. Index of Mozart's Works 353
27. General Index 357