Opera on the Couch

<p>In this widely ranging collection of essays a group of contemporary psychoanalyst/authors turn their finely-honed listening skills and clinical experience to plumb the depths and illuminate themes of character drama myth culture and psychobiography in some of the world’s most beloved operas.</p><p>The richly diverse chapters are unified by a psychoanalytic approach to the nuances of unconscious mental life and emotional experience as they unfold synergistically in opera’s music words and drama. Opera creates a unique bridge between thought and feeling mind and body and conscious and unconscious that offers fertile ground for psychological exploration of profound human truths.</p><p>Each piece is written in a colorful and non-technical manner that will appeal to mental health professionals musicians academics and general readers wishing to better understand and appreciate opera as an art form.</p>