Mozart Wise Women
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Oh Susanna: The Wise Women of Mozart
In Mozart's operas, as in his life, says Anat Sharon of the Department of Literature, Language and the Arts at the
Open University, women rather than men are the ones who come out on top and who win our hearts. Mozart loved and valued women in his personal life and this was reflected in his operas. Through brilliant musical interpretations, his sympathetic, vividly-drawn portraits make audiences love even the most evil of women.
Mozart's fascinating, complex female operatic characters are more than simply great musical creations. They also reflect the value Mozart himself placed on the women in his personal life. The women who were influential in Mozart's personal life were his …show more content…
According to Anat Sharon, "Even in
Così Fan Tutte, Mozart's sympathies are on the side of the women. Here, the men set a test of loyalty and the women, who originally hadn't thought of betrayal, are swept away. This also happens to the men, so that in fact, not only do all women 'do that' but men too. This is apparently human nature.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Le Nozze Di Figaro
(Tristram Kenton/Lebrecht Music and Arts) music is depicting a state of equality between the two in Mozart's eyes, even though they belong to two different social levels.
"This is seen even more clearly in
Mozart's decision to write an aria for
Susanna to sing to seduce the Count, which is actually a serenade. A woman singing a love serenade is unheard of.
Susanna is behaving like a man, trying to forge her own path in life. There had been nothing like this in the world of opera, until Mozart, since women were thought at the time to lack the intellect and capacity for rational thought that would enable them to manage their lives for themselves.
"Mozart knew this well, because
Oh Susanna: The Wise Women of Mozart
In Mozart's operas, as in his life, says Anat Sharon of the Department of Literature, Language and the Arts at the
Open University, women rather than men are the ones who come out on top and who win our hearts. Mozart loved and valued women in his personal life and this was reflected in his operas. Through brilliant musical interpretations, his sympathetic, vividly-drawn portraits make audiences love even the most evil of women.
Mozart's fascinating, complex female operatic characters are more than simply great musical creations. They also reflect the value Mozart himself placed on the women in his personal life. The women who were influential in Mozart's personal life were his …show more content…
According to Anat Sharon, "Even in
Così Fan Tutte, Mozart's sympathies are on the side of the women. Here, the men set a test of loyalty and the women, who originally hadn't thought of betrayal, are swept away. This also happens to the men, so that in fact, not only do all women 'do that' but men too. This is apparently human nature.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Le Nozze Di Figaro
(Tristram Kenton/Lebrecht Music and Arts) music is depicting a state of equality between the two in Mozart's eyes, even though they belong to two different social levels.
"This is seen even more clearly in
Mozart's decision to write an aria for
Susanna to sing to seduce the Count, which is actually a serenade. A woman singing a love serenade is unheard of.
Susanna is behaving like a man, trying to forge her own path in life. There had been nothing like this in the world of opera, until Mozart, since women were thought at the time to lack the intellect and capacity for rational thought that would enable them to manage their lives for themselves.
"Mozart knew this well, because