Changing the Score : Arias, Prima Donnas, and the Authority of Performance.

This study seeks to explore the role and significance of aria insertion, the practice that allowed singers to introduce music of their own choice into productions of Italian operas. Each chapter investigates the art of aria insertion during the nineteenth.

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press, USA 2009.
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