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

by Wendy Heller

Opera developed during a time when the position of women--their rights and freedoms, their virtues and vices, and even the most basic substance of their sexuality--was constantly debated. Many of these controversies manifested themselves in the representation of the historical and mythological women whose voices were heard on the Venetian operatic stage. Drawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this engaging study is the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520209338
• ISBN13: 9780520209336
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"