Collection of the authorįigure 19.1. Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis as Fatima in Pietro L’Ermita (an alternate version of Rossini’s Mosé in Egitto) by A. Célestine Galli-Marié as Carmen by Henri Lucien Doucet (1856–1895)įigure 18.2. Gilbert-Louis Duprez and Rosine Stoltz in Donizetti’s La Favorite by Gabriel Lépaulle (1804–1886)įigure 18.1. Pauline Viardot from a photo by Erwin Hanfstaenglįigure 17.1. Maria Malibran as Desdemona in Rossini’s Otello by Henri Decaisne (1799–1852)įigure 15.1. Giuditta Pasta as Desdemona in Rossini’s Otello. Courtesy Clarissa Lablache Cheerįigure 11.2. Isabella Colbran as Desdemona in Rossini’s Otello. Luisa Todi by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brunįigure 10.1. Giuseppina Grassini by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)įigure 8.2. Faustina Bordoni by Rosalba Carriera (1675–1757)įigure 8.1.
Caffarelli (Gaetano Majorano) by Pier Leone Ghezzi (c. Courtesy Clarissa Lablache Cheerįigure 5.3. Senesino (Francesco Bernardi) by Alexander van Haecken (1701–1758) after Thomas Hudson (1701–1779)įigure 5.2. Mozart’s Letter about Lucrezia Agujariįigure 5.1. “Ombra mai fu” from Serse by George Frideric Handel. “Destrier che alle armi usato” from Poro by Nicolò Porpora “Qual nave smarita” from Radamisto by George Frideric Handel “Son qual nave” from Ataserse by Riccardo Broschi Part III: Altos after 1900 24 Twentieth-Century Altos Part II: Altos in the Romantic Revolution 9 Cambio di Voce 57 10 The Swan of Pesaro and I Musici 59 11 The Maestro and the Prima Donna Assoluta 69 12 Giuditta Pastaġ6 The Altos of Grand Opéra 133 17 “La Favorite,” Rosine Stoltzġ8 Altos in Opéra Lyrique and Opéra Comique 141 19 The Bel Canto Altos of Bellini and Donizetti To Joyce DiDonato in whom the highest standards of bel canto yet liveįigures xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Part I: The Alto Voice in the Baroque Era 1 Mezzos and ContraltosĦ Faustina Bordoni and Il Caro Sassone 39 7 Gluck’s Basses-Dessus and Mozart’s Altos M156 2016 (print) | LCC ML1700 (ebook) | DDC 783.6/8-dc23 LC record available at The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. paper) | ISBN 9781442235892 (electronic) Subjects: LCSH: Contraltos. Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, | Includes bibliographical references and index. Title: Alto : the voice of bel canto / Dan H.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Marek, Dan. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. Selected Bibliography: Articles, Essays, and Web Sites Part II: Altos in the Romantic Revolutionġ1 The Maestro and the Prima Donna Assolutaġ3 Caroline Unger (Ungher): The Forgotten Prima Donnaġ8 Altos in Opéra Lyrique and Opéra Comiqueġ9 The Bel Canto Altos of Bellini and DonizettiĢ1 German Romanticism, Wagner, Strauss, and the Alto Voice
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