Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women's Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice by Wendy Heller
Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women's Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice
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Wendy Heller
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Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women's Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice

Wendy Heller

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Heller begins by examining contemporary Venetian writings about gender and sexuality that influenced the development of female vocality in opera. The Venetian reception and transformation of ancient texts—by Ovid, Virgil, Tacitus, and Diodorus Sic...

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