Monodrama

French philosopher and literary critic, Catherine Clément, in her influential and, for some, highly controversial book, L’Opéra ou la Défaite des femmes (Opera, or the Undoing of Women) (1979, trans. 1986), explores many examples throughout the history of the operatic form where the major female characters are inevitably the victims, often dying to the strains of beautiful music. ... (read more)