The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna Ronald D. Perrone In Whitewashed

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The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna Ronald D. Perrone In WhitewashedDorothea Link examines singers' voices and casting practices in late eighteenth century Italian opera as exemplified in Vienna's court opera from 1783 to 1791. The investigation into the singers' voices proceeds on two levels: understanding the performers in terms of the vocal dramatic categories employed in opera at the time; and creating vocal profiles for the principal singers from the music composed expressly for them. In addition, Link