The prince as deity, beast, and tyrant: Monteverdi's Orfeo, Ulisse, and Poppea
The dialectic of operatic civilization: Mozart's Don Giovanni
Opera and revolutionary virtue: Beethoven's Fidelio
The utopian vision of romantic anticapitalism: Wagner's Parsifal
The politics of psychological interiorization: Strauss's Elektra and Schoenberg's Erwartung
The aesthtic politics of the German artist-opera: Pfitzner's Palestrina, Hindemith's Mathis, and Schoenberg's Moses
Eros and revolt: Henze's Bassarids.
