Rival Sirens. Performance and Identity on Handel's Operatic Stage, Paperback

This new approach to the operas of Handel examines the vital and intertwined roles of singers, audiences and local cultural context in creating eighteenth-century opera. It emphasises cultural context and aspects of performance, offering a range of interpretative tools not previously exploited in studies of the century's opera before Mozart.

Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises; 54 Printed music items; 9 Halftones, unspecified; 9 Halftones, black and white