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" Opera acts : "
Karen Henson
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BL
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639656
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dltt
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Henson, Karen,1972-
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Opera acts : : singers and performance in the late nineteenth century /\ Karen Henson
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in opera
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xvi, 264 pages :: illustrations, music ;; 26 cm
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9781107004269
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: 1107004268
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-253) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction : on not singing and singing physiognomically -- Verdi, Victor Maurel, and the operatic interpreter -- Real mezzo : Câelestine Galli-Mariâe as Carmen -- Photographic diva : Massenet, Sibyl Sanderson, and the soprano as spectacle -- Jean de Reszke, the "problem" of the tenor, and the early international Wagner -- Supporting cast
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Opera-- 19th century
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Singing-- History-- 19th century
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ML1705.H56 2015
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