Author(s): Geoffrey Edwards,Ryan Edwards
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 216
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Date Published: 2003-02-01
Dimensions: 140 x 215 x 18mm
Publication City/Country: Lanham, MD, United States
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Artistically limited by the bel canto musical tradition popular at the time, Verdi launched a new style dramma per musica which also demanded a new soprano archetype. This book illustrates the musical evolution of the Verdi and Puccini soprano while illuminating the dramatic scope and power of these great heroines. Avoiding critical reductionism, Verdi and Puccini Heroines provides an unprecedented and probing discussion of how these great soprano roles were conceived and executed.