Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Abbreviations xxv
6. INTRODUCTION. Precedents & Sources of Magic & the “Marvelous” 1
7. 1. L’Académie Royale de Musique 43
8. 2. Opéra-comique 103
9. 3. Italian Serious Genres 153
10. 4. Italian Comic Genres 207
11. 5. German Musical Theater 245
12. 6. The Supernatural in the Operas of Mozart 315
13. POSTSCRIPT. The Significance & Influence of Supernatural Topics 359
14. APPENDIX A. Chronological List of Operas, Ballets, Comédies, Féeries, Pantomimes & Other Plays with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1699–1791 363
15. APPENDIX B. Selected Italian Circe, Medea & Orpheus Operas, 1700–1791 374
16. APPENDIX C. Operas Based on Ariosto & Tasso, 1700–1791 376
17. APPENDIX D. Some Eighteenth-Century Italian Don Juan Settings 379
18. APPENDIX E. Chronological List of German Theatrical Works with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1728–92 381
19. Bibliography 389
20. Index 421