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    <dateIssued>c2006</dateIssued>
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  <tableOfContents>The nature of opera : entry for The New Grove Dictionary of Opera -- Mozart's comedies and the sense of an ending -- Mozart's Figaro : a question of class? -- Don Giovanni as an idea -- Passion and cynicism : remarks on Cos�i fan tutte -- Rather red than black : Verdi, Don Carlos and the passion for freedom -- Tristan and time -- The elusiveness of pessimism :  responding to the Ring -- Wagner and the transcendence of politics -- L'envers des destin�ees : remarks on Debussy's Pell�eas et M�elisande -- Manifest artifice : the ingenuity of Puccini -- Comments on Opera and ideas : from Mozart to Strauss / by Paul Robinson -- The Marriage and the Flute : Tippett and Mozart -- Jan�a�cek's modernism : doing less with more in music and philosophy -- Authenticity and re-creation : musicology, performance and production  -- Na�ive and sentimental opera lovers.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Bernard Williams.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
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    <topic>Opera</topic>
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