TY - BOOK AU - Aspden,Suzanne TI - The rival sirens: performance and identity on Handel's operatic stage T2 - Cambridge studies in opera series SN - 9781107058194 AV - ML410.H13 A85 2013eb U1 - 782.1092 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Handel, George Frideric, KW - Cuzzoni, Francesca, KW - Bordoni, Faustina, KW - Händel, Georg Friedrich KW - Cuzzoni, Francesca KW - Hasse-Bordoni, Faustina KW - Operas (Handel, George Frideric) KW - fast KW - Opera KW - 18th century KW - MUSIC KW - Genres & Styles KW - bisacsh KW - Printed Music KW - Opera & Classical Scores KW - Performances KW - Oper KW - gnd KW - Aufführung KW - Primadonna KW - Rivalität KW - London KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - The Rival Sirens examines the vital and intertwined roles of singers, audiences and local cultural context in creating eighteenth-century opera UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=569170 ER -