Vox Eurydice

The Ascent of the Female Rescuer in German-Language Opera

Margaret Ann Mendenhall

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
21 December 2024

Music; Music reviews & criticism; Opera; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; History: specific events & topics

Vox Eurydice: The Ascent of the Female Rescuer in German-Language Opera is a mythological and depth psychological analysis written from a feminist perspective, on the emergence of the theme of rescue stories, and specifically plots where a female heroine saves a male character, which arose in German-language opera during the roughly one hundred years that spanned the lifetimes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner.

Margaret Ann Mendenhall argues that the German-language works of these three musical giants grew out of the rescue story paradigm, as an extension of Italian opera buffa and French opéra comique. This is reflected in Mozart’s Singspiele and Beethoven’s one completed opera, Fidelio, considered the epitome of the German-language rescue opera. The author then examines Wagner’s oeuvre, not only his ten mature masterpieces, but also three earlier operas and his unfinished pieces. The author also posits that the need for the ascent of the female rescuer in German-language opera was unconsciously tied into the desire of the people of the German-speaking territories for a homeland, and how the presence of this archetype subsided soon after a German nation was established in 1871.

By: Margaret Ann Mendenhall
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781666961218
ISBN 10: 1666961213
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 21 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Orpheus and Eurydice Myth and the Development of Opera Chapter 3: Mozart and German-Language Opera in the Early Classical Era Chapter 4: Beethoven, A Bridge between Classical and Romantic Opera Chapter 5: Richard Wagner, His Early Life, and Works Chapter 6: Wagner’s Mature Romantic Operas Chapter 7: Operas Composed During Wagner’s Transformation Chapter 8: Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal Chapter 9: Summary References About the Author

Margaret Ann Mendenhall earned a PhD in mythological studies with emphasis in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Reviews for Vox Eurydice: The Ascent of the Female Rescuer in German-Language Opera

""Vox Eurydice is a stunning work of revisionary feminism in re-imagining the major works of opera that narrate the archetypal myth. Orpheus fails to rescue his dead wife Eurydice so unlocking multiple stories of masculine dominance. As opera, these are now explored, contextualized, critiqued and reframed by this powerfully persuasive book. At last, Eurydice and her sisters have their voice."" --Susan Rowland, Pacifica Graduate Institute, author of Jung: A Feminist Revision