Aspden, Suzanne. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> The Rival Sirens examines the vital and intertwined roles of singers, audiences and local cultural context in creating eighteenth-century opera. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107055971 9781139519663 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Opera--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML410  / .R583 2013