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Aspden, Suzanne.

The rival sirens : performance and identity on Handel's operatic stage / Suzanne Aspden. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource - Cambridge studies in opera series . - Cambridge studies in opera. .

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.

The Rival Sirens examines the vital and intertwined roles of singers, audiences and local cultural context in creating eighteenth-century opera.


English.

ISBN: 9781107058194 (electronic bk.) 1107058198 (electronic bk.) 9781107055971 (electronic bk.) 1107055970 (electronic bk.) 9781139519663 (electronic bk.) 1139519662 (electronic bk.) 1139889702 9781139889704 1107065615 9781107065611 1107057043 9781107057043 1107054907 9781107054905 1107059534 9781107059535

LCCN: 2012032870

Subjects--Personal Names:
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Operas.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 --Performances.
Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778 --Criticism and interpretation.
Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781 --Criticism and interpretation.
Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781
Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759
Cuzzoni, Francesca 1696-1778
Hasse-Bordoni, Faustina 1697-1781

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Operas (Handel, George Frideric)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1799

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Opera--18th century.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Opera.
MUSIC--Printed Music--Opera & Classical Scores.
Opera.
Performances.
Oper
Aufführung
Primadonna
Rivalität

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: ML410.H13 / A85 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 782.1092