The rival sirens : performance and identity on Handel's operatic stage /

Publication Type:

Book

Quelle:

Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge ;, p.xv, 291 p. : (2013)

ISBN:

9781107033375 (hbk.) :

Call Number:

ML410.H13

Schlüsselwörter:

18th century., Opera

Notes:

Formerly CIP.Includes bibliographical references and index.The character of the actress -- "Heroick virtue" in Rodelinda and Astianatte -- Identification and illusion in Alessandro and Admeto -- Balancing power in Riccardo primo -- Senesino and the crisis of heroic masculinity -- The ornamental voice.