EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Carlo Gozzi, Sapere Aude, James Levine
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The transition, from aristocracy to bourgeoisie, from feudalism to capitalism, went hand in hand with the enlightenment. Reject the control of the guardians who would think for us. Engage in a new public sphere where all are equal in their use of reason. Production of ideas and culture shifted away from the aristocratic courts. Though they then traded their patrons for the market . First performed in the theater and der wieden outside of vienna, september 30, Not at the court, but a popular theater. We will see how mozart plays with bourgeois expectations. Imposing grandeur, eloquence, enchanting, illusion, fantasy, emotions springing. This production from the metropolitan opera in nyc is conducted by james. Levine, the former music director of the met. How does this opera present itself as a quintessential work of the enlightenment . Does this opera contain critiques (intended or unintended) of the enlightenment project . Enlightenment is man"s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.
