The World of the Castrati: The History of an Extraordinary Operatic Phenomenon

This entertaining and authoritative study of the castrati during the baroque period explores the lives and triumphs of more than 60 singers over three centuriesâ€”their social origins, training, and relationship to society and church. Blending history and anecdote, it traces the course of a phenomenon that held Europe in its thrall. People were fascinated by these hybridsâ€”part man, part woman, and part childâ€”who became virile heroes on the operatic stage. The reader will learn of the horrors of castration, the nature of the strange castrato voice, and the conflicts these singers experienced.

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BARBIER, Patrick

Music

Souvenir Pr Ltd

This entertaining and authoritative study of the castrati during the baroque period explores the lives and triumphs of more than 60 singers over three centuries—their social origins, training, and relationship to society and church. Blending history and anecdote, it traces the course of a phenomenon that held Europe in its thrall. People were fascinated by these hybrids—part man, part woman, and part child—who became virile heroes on the operatic stage. The reader will learn of the horrors of castration, the nature of the strange castrato voice, and the conflicts these singers experienced.

Souvenir Press

A detailed evocation of Venice and the city's musical culture that inspired Vivaldi. At the time Venice was, uniquely, a city where all classes mingled in their love of music; aristocrats, gondoliers and the workers met to listen to all types of music. All that is known about Vivaldi's life is included, and all the recent discoveries that have been made about that life (as well as details from Vivaldi's contemporaries). The book captures the hedonistic atmosphere of Venice at the time, already an international tourist destination, and how that was reflected by the mysterious Vivaldi in his baroque music (which is still available in a range of recordings).

Vivaldi's Venice

This book explores every facet pf Parisian musical life in the glorious first half of the 19th century. Among the composers who chose Paris as a second home were Rossini, Meyerbeer, Bellini, Donizetti, Liszt, and Chopin. HARDCOVER.

Opera in Paris 1800-1850: A Lively History (Amadeus)

Amadeus

Histoire des castrats

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

GRASSET

La Venise de Vivaldi

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Pauline Viardot

Voyage dans la Rome baroque: Le Vatican, les princes et les fêtes musicales

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista: Jean-Baptiste Pergolèse

BLEU NUIT

This is a numbered hardcover book that only 2000 copies were made.

Graslin Nantes Et L'Opera

Computers & Technology

Graphics & Design

COIFFARD

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