Opera Acts : Singers and Performance In The Late Nineteenth Century.

This book explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. The author presents case studies of four singers: the Verdi baritone Victor Maurel; Bizet's first Carmen, Célestine Galli-Marié; Massenet's muse of the 1880s and '90s, Sibyl Sanderson; and the early Wagner star Jean de Reszke.

282 p.; 24 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 1108723349
ISBN13: 9781108723343