Heller, Wendy. Emblems of eloquence opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice

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General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-369) and index Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, MPublishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet

Contents

The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- "Disprezzata regina" : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan

Extended title: Emblems of eloquence opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / Wendy Heller

Opera Women in opera

author: Heller, Wendy, 1955-
associated with: American Council of Learned Societies