Angels and Monsters – Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera, 1600–1900 (SIGNED COPY)
by Richard Somerset-Ward
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0300099681
- ISBN 13
- 9780300099683
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New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. "During its first two centuries, opera was dominated by sopranos. There were male sopranos, or castrati, whose supercharged voices (female vocal cords powered by male lungs) were capable of feats of vocalism that are hard to imagine today. And there were female sopranos, or prime donne, whose long battle for social acceptance and top billing was crowned in the early nineteenth century when the castrati disappeared from the opera stage and left them supreme.", "Whether they were male or female, these singers wre amazing vertuosi, perhaps the greatest singers there have ever been - "angels." Unfortunately, some of them (and often the most famous) were also capable of behaving extremely badly, both on and off stage - "monsters." This book tells their colorful stories." Clean copy. Record # 379416
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- Title
- Angels and Monsters – Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera, 1600–1900 (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Richard Somerset-Ward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0300099681
- ISBN 13
- 9780300099683
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven CT
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Music, Opera, , .
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