LEADER 03084cam 22004574a 4500001 ocn806456391 003 OCoLC 005 20201029084106.0 008 120813s2013 enkag b 001 0deng 010 2012032870 019 8430349648565781271008438800 020 9781107033375 |q(hardback) 020 1107033373 |q(hardback) 035 (Sirsi) o806456391 035 (OCoLC)806456391 |z(OCoLC)843034964 |z(OCoLC)856578127 |z(OCoLC)1008438800 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |dUKMGB |dYDXCP |dERASA |dCHVBK |dOCLCO |dAMH |dOCLCO |dLHU |dNLE |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dZWZ |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCQ |dAVA |dOCLCA |dUKOBU |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dUtOrBLW 049 EREM 050 00 ML410.H13 |bA85 2013 082 00 782.1092 |223 100 1 Aspden, Suzanne. |=^A536745 245 14 The rival sirens : |bperformance and identity on Handel's operatic stage / |cSuzanne Aspden. 264 1 Cambridge ;New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2013. 300 xv, 291 pages : |billustrations, music ; |c23 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Cambridge studies in opera 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |tThe character of the actress -- |t"Heroick virtue" in Rodelinda and Astianatte -- |tIdentification and illusion in Alessandro and Admeto -- |tBalancing power in Riccardo primo -- |tSenesino and the crisis of heroic masculinity -- |tThe ornamental voice. 520 The tale of the onstage fight between prima donnas Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni is notorious, appearing in music histories to this day, but it is a fiction. Starting from this misunderstanding, The Rival Sirens suggests that the rivalry fostered between the singers in 1720s London was in large part a social construction, one conditioned by local theatrical context and audience expectations, and heightened by manipulations of plot and music. This book offers readings of operas by Handel and Bononcini as performance events, inflected by the audience's perceptions of singer persona and contemporary theatrical and cultural contexts. Through examining the case of these two women, Suzanne Aspden demonstrates that the personae of star performers, as well as their voices, were of crucial importance in determining the shape of an opera during the early part of the eighteenth century. 600 10 Handel, George Frideric, |d1685-1759. |tOperas. |=^A494878 600 10 Handel, George Frideric, |d1685-1759 |xPerformances. |=^A19936 600 10 Cuzzoni, Francesca, |d1696-1778 |xCriticism and interpretation. |=^A1411427 600 10 Bordoni, Faustina, |d1697-1781 |xCriticism and interpretation. |=^A1410351 650 0 Opera |y18th century. |=^A1098091 830 0 Cambridge studies in opera. |=^A396000 994 C0 |bERE 596 3 998 5269269