Author:
Riggs, Geoffrey S.
Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2003.
Descriptionviii, 263 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Note:Earliest virtuosi -- Women's voices -- Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) : Médée -- Médée on disc -- Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) : Armida -- Armida on disc -- Assoluta Manquée (I) -- Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) : Oberon -- Rezia on disc -- Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : Anna Bolena -- Bolena on disc -- Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) : Norma -- Norma on disc -- Donizetti (1797-1848) : Gemma di Vergy -- Gemma on disc -- Donizetti (1797-1848) : Roberto Devereux -- The Virgin Queen on disc -- Time of transition -- Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Nabucco -- Abigaille on disc -- Verdi (1813-1901) : Macbeth -- Shakespeare's lady on disc -- Assoluta Manquée (II) -- Voices from the past.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-248) and index.
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