TY - BOOK AU - Aspden,Suzanne TI - The rival sirens: performance and identity on Handel's operatic stage T2 - Cambridge studies in opera series SN - 9781107055971 AV - ML410 .R583 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Opera KW - 18th century KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b 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&db=nlabk&AN=569170&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -