Mozart's art of rhetoric: understanding an opera seria aria (‘Deh se piacer mi vuoi’ fromLa clemenza di Tito)

Abstract

Communication in Vitellia's first aria is analyzed rhetorically in parallel with a topical and linear musical analysis. The aria serves various purposes, including Mozart's rhetorical approach to his audience, the singer's appeal, Vitellia's instructions to Sesto, and her concealment of her meaning from Annio.

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