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The arts of the prima donna in the long nineteenth century /

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Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narrative of 19th and early 20th century opera. This book shines a light on the singers who created and inhabited these roles, the flesh-and-blood women who embodied these fabled doomed women onstage before an audience.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cowgill, Rachel, Poriss, Hilary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Opera > 19th century.
Women singers.
Singers.
Opera > 20th century.
Chanteuses.
Chanteurs.
singers.
Opera
Singers
Women singers
1800-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narrative of 19th and early 20th century opera. This book shines a light on the singers who created and inhabited these roles, the flesh-and-blood women who embodied these fabled doomed women onstage before an audience.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199932054
0199932050