Verdi and Puccini Heroines Dramatic

Artistically limited by the bel canto musical tradition popular at the time, Verdi launched a new style dramma per musica which also demanded a new soprano archetype. This book illustrates the musical evolution of the Verdi and Puccini soprano while illuminating the dramatic scope and power of these great heroines. Avoiding critical reductionism, Verdi and Puccini Heroines provides an unprecedented and probing discussion of how these great soprano roles were conceived and executed.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Il Trovatore	p. 2
La Forza del Destino	p. 18
Aida	p. 40
La Boheme	p. 60
Tosca	p. 74
Madama Butterfly	p. 94
Turandot	p. 116
Source Previews and Plot Synopses	p. 135
Notes	p. 165
Selected Bibliography	p. 190
Index	p. 201
About the Authors	p. 205
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Verdi and Puccini Heroines Dramatic Characterization in Great Soprano Roles

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