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Rosselli, John

 
9780521426978: Singers of Italian Opera: The History of a Profession
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ISBN 10 : 0521426979 ISBN 13 : 9780521426978
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Adelina Patti was the most highly regarded singer in history. She earned nearly $5,000 a night and had her own railway carriage. Yet a minor comic singer would perform for the cost of his food and a pair of shoes to wear on stage. John Rosselli's wide-ranging study introduces all those singers, members of the chorus as well as stars, who have sung Italian opera from 1600 to the twentieth century. Singers are shown slowly emancipating themselves from dependence on great patrons and entering the dangerous freedom of the market. Rosselli also examines the sexist prejudices against the castrati of the eighteenth century and against women singers. Securely rooted in painstaking scholarship and sprinkled with amusing anecdote, this is a book to fascinate and inform opera fans at all levels.

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Adelina Patti was the most highly regarded singer in history. She earned nearly $5,000 a night and had her own railway carriage. Yet a minor comic singer would perform for the cost of his food and a pair of shoes to wear on stage. John Rosselli's wide-ranging study introduces all those singers, members of the chorus as well as stars, who have sung Italian opera from 1600 to the twentieth century. Singers are shown slowly emancipating themselves from dependence on great patrons and entering the dangerous freedom of the market. Rosselli also examines the sexist prejudices against the castrati of the eighteenth century and against women singers. Securely rooted in painstaking scholarship and sprinkled with amusing anecdote, this is a book to fascinate and inform opera fans at all levels.

Revue de presse

'Give yourself a treat. Give yourself this book.' American Record Guide

'... a magnificent book.' The Times Literary Supplement

'... a storehouse of information, skilfully organised, attractively presented.' BBC Music Magazine

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521426979
ISBN 13 
9780521426978
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521416832: Singers of Italian Opera: The History of a Profession

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521416833 ISBN 13 :  9780521416832
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1992
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