FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SERAGLIO GENRE: CHANGING SOCIAL MILIEU AND PUBLIC SPACE FOR WOMEN DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 64 (LXIV), No. 2, December 2019, pp. 13-30, DOI: 10.24193/subbmusica.2019.2.01en-US
dc.creatorYAP, Oak Joo
dc.date2019-12-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T20:14:58Z
dc.descriptionWith a harem-abduction narrative, the eighteenth-century seraglio opera ostensibly focuses on a male protagonist, or seemingly celebrates the Oriental male ruler as an enlightened monarch who conveys the Enlightenment messages. It is, nonetheless, the female characters that seraglio opera features prominently as they take initiative in a harem escape. Highly contrasting themselves with the prevalent contemporary sentimental heroine type, they unmistakably exhibit compelling stage presence and dominance over feeble or ineffectual male characters. Pasha Selim in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail is, for instance, a mere speaking role stripped of eloquence expressed in singing. In Haydn’s L’incontro improvviso, female characters’ actions propel the seria side of the narrative, thus negating stereotypical notions of Oriental women: languorous, sensual or submissive beings. This paper argues that such a portrayal of women in seraglio genre reflects the changing social landscape during the Enlightenment: the burgeoning voice for and evolving views of women; the composers’ embracement of Enlightenment zeitgeist; and the societal recognition of women’s merit and power cultivated at public spaces such as salons or Freemasonic lodges during a century of sweeping socio-political currents.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/2102
dc.identifier10.24193/subbmusica.2019.2.01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/1766
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/2102/2031
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2019 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musicaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Musica; Volume 64, No. 2, December 2019; 13-30en-US
dc.source2065-9628
dc.source1844-4369
dc.source10.24193/subbmusica.2019.2
dc.subjectseraglio opera, women, sensibility, public space. Freemason, Enlightenment.en-US
dc.titleFEMALE CHARACTERS IN SERAGLIO GENRE: CHANGING SOCIAL MILIEU AND PUBLIC SPACE FOR WOMEN DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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