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Language: English
Published by Souvenir Pr Ltd, 1996
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- Title
- The World of the Castrati: The History of an Extraordinary Operatic Phenomenon
- Author
- Barbier, Patrick
- Publisher
- Souvenir Pr Ltd
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0285633090
- ISBN 13
- 9780285633094
A study of the phenomenon of the castrati in relation to the baroque period, which looks at the lives of sixty singers over three centuries. Explores their social origins, backgrounds, training and debuts, careers, relations with society and the Church, and their decline and death.
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It is hard to understand how 17th and 18th century Italy managed somehow to accept the idea of castration, even for musical reasons... Professor Barbier s book explains it in a way that makes the operatic conventions sound almost reasonable, giving us a full picture of the training, techniques and personalities of the castrati themselves. --Sunday Telegraph
Patrick Barbier s history of opera s most bizarre subplot is both scholarly and fun. --Daily Telegraph
Authoritative and entertaining. --Daily Mail
Patrick Barbier s history of opera s most bizarre subplot is both scholarly and fun. --Daily Telegraph
Authoritative and entertaining. --Daily Mail
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