Theological Anthropology in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito: Sin, Grace, and Conversion

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Steffen Lösel

Theological Anthropology in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito

Sin, Grace, and Conversion

Steffen Lösel

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Routledge
29 January 2024

The Arts: General & Reference; Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Opera; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Religion: general

Series: Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts

This book asks what theological messages theologically educated Catholics in late-eighteenth-century Prague might have perceived in Mozart’s late opera seria La clemenza di Tito. The book’s thesis is two-fold: first, that Catholics might have heard the opera’s advocacy of enlightened absolutism as a celebration of a distinctly Catholic understanding of political governance; and second, that they might have found in the opera a metaphor for the relationship between a gracious God and humanity caught up in sin, expressed as sexual concupiscence, pride, and lust for power. The book develops its interpretation of the opera through narrative character analyses of the main protagonists, an examination of their dramatic development, and by paying attention to the biblical and theological associations they may have evoked in a Catholic audience. The book is geared towards academic readers interested in opera, theologians, historians, and those who work at the intersection of theology and the arts. It contributes to a better understanding of the theological implications of Mozart’s operatic work.

By: Steffen Lösel
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032199160
ISBN 10: 1032199164
Series: Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Steffen Lösel is Associate Professor in the Practice of Systematic Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, USA.