Artistically limited by the <I>bel canto</I> musical tradition popular at the time Verdi launched a new style <I>dramma per musica</I> 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 <I>Verdi and Puccini Heroines</I> provides an unprecedented and probing discussion of how these great soprano roles were conceived and executed.
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