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Paper Instructions:
Watch: Idomeneo, Act I (Met Opera on Demand, 1982); La clemenza di Tito, Sesto’s first-act aria “Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio” (Met Opera on Demand, 2012)
Questions:
1. How does Mozart differentiate the two female heroines of Idomeneo in their introductory arias?
2. What are the main differences between the forms of the arias from Idomeneo and that from Tito?
3. In what ways does the first act of Idomeneo incorporate ideals of Gluck’s reform operas?
Please average 550 words for each of the three questions.