EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Aria, Coloratura
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Back to the question of the oppositional thinking in the opera. Enlightenment values are not just represented positively. They are continually set up in opposition to other values that are negated. The queen of the night and sarastro. Listen to their back to back arias. Note: in the opera, that incredible aria by the queen of the night is followed immediately by this next one. Note: what sarastro says about his universal brotherhood . We"ll return to his line in the next lecture. Whoever does not appreciate this knowledge, does not deserve to be considered a human being . Even if we don"t know the words, she is hysterical and irrational, he is calm, reasonable. Remarkable words at the end of sarastro"s enlightened aria: but whoever doesn"t adopt our values doesn"t deserve to be considered a human being! One of the major european monarchs (with frederick the great and catherine the. Enlightened as challenge/challenge as enlightenment recall kant"s dare .
