Rival Sirens : Performance and Identity On Handel's Operatic Stage.

Rival Sirens : Performance and Identity On Handel's Operatic Stage.

Aspden, Suzanne.

(Cambridge Studies In Opera)

Cambridge Univ. Press  ©2013,[2020]


This book examines the famous but untrue rivalry between singers Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, and the ways in which audience perceptions and the constructs of opera at the time helped feed the idea of the rivalry. With an introduction, bibliography and index. Figures. Music examples. Three tables.

xiv, 291 p.; 24 cm.
Paper

Language: English
ISBN: 1108829244
ISBN13: 9781108829243

Rival Sirens : Performance and Identity On Handel's Operatic Stage.

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