Operas Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera the genre itsmasterpieces and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools SlavojZizek and coa... » 

Operas Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera the genre itsmasterpieces and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools SlavojZizek and coauthor Mladen Dolar explore the strange compulsions that overpowercharacters in Mozart and Wagner as well as our own desires to die and to go tothe opera. «