Metaphysical Song:
An Essay on Opera
Gary Tomlinson

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Preface
I	Voices of the Invisible	3
II	Late Renaissance Opera	9
	Excursus 1: A Cosmos of Apollinian Harmony	28
III	Early Modern Opera	34
	Excursus 2: The Borders of Theatrical Space	68
IV	Modern Opera	73
	Excursus 3: Noumenal Themes	104
	Excursus 4: Composing Schopenhauer	107
V	Nietzsche: Overcoming Operatic Metaphysics	109
VI	Ghosts in the Machine	127
	Excursus 5: Mechanical Reproduction of Opera	143
	Excursus 6: Film Fantasy, Endgame of Wagnerism	145
VII	The Sum of Modernity	147
	Notes	157
	Index	181

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