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Angels and monsters : male and female sopranos in the story of opera, 1600-1900 / Richard Somerset-Ward.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Somerset-Ward, Richard
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	Opera. Sopranos (Singers)

Table of Contents:

Caccini's pupils
Getting away with murder: the prima donna comes of age
Porpora's pupils
The castrato ascendancy
Après Gluck and the time of Mozart
Prime donne assolute
The world's showcase : Paris 1800-1871
Dramatic singing : the Verdian soprano
Heroic singing : the Wagnerian soprano
Marchesi's pupils.