Verdi and Puccini Heroines: Dramatic Characterization in Great Soprano Roles

by Geoffrey Edwards and Ryan Edwards

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810846934
• ISBN13: 9780810846937
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"