Front Matter
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Table of Contents
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Note on the English edition
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
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What is opera?
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The heart
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The seven ‘W’s
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Sense and sensuality
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Bodies in space
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Movement
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Le physique du rôle
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Discomfort and inconvenience
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Bank robbers
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Pretend theatre
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The ‘trizophrenic’ upbeat
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The complete music-actor
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Mozart
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Recitative
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Being comic
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‘Too many notes …’
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Dramaturgy
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Breaking the rules
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The harmony of the spheres
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In place of an epilogue:: My teachers
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APPENDIX 1:: All the ‘useful rules’ in overview, for those who make opera
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APPENDIX 2:: A masterclass in opera, for those who love it or hate it
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Index of names and works
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Back Matter
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