The rival sirens performance and identity on Handel's operatic stage /
Aspden, Suzanne.
The rival sirens performance and identity on Handel's operatic stage / Suzanne Aspden. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource. - Cambridge studies in opera series .
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781107055971 9781139519663
Opera--18th century.
Electronic Books.
ML410 / .R583 2013
The rival sirens performance and identity on Handel's operatic stage / Suzanne Aspden. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource. - Cambridge studies in opera series .
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781107055971 9781139519663
Opera--18th century.
Electronic Books.
ML410 / .R583 2013