《The World of the Castrati》是Souvenir Press出版的圖書，作者是Patrick Barbier
基本介紹
- ISBN：9780285634602
- 作者：Patrick Barbier
- 出版社：Souvenir Press
- 出版時間：1998年9月1日
- 頁數：282
- 定價：USD 17.95
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介
This entertaining and authoritative study of the castrati during the baroque period explores the lives and triumphs of more than 60 singers over three centuries—their social origins, training, and relationship to society and church. Blending history and anecdote, it traces the course of a phenomenon that held Europe in its thrall. People were fascinated by these hybrids—part ma...(展開全部) This entertaining and authoritative study of the castrati during the baroque period explores the lives and triumphs of more than 60 singers over three centuries—their social origins, training, and relationship to society and church. Blending history and anecdote, it traces the course of a phenomenon that held Europe in its thrall. People were fascinated by these hybrids—part man, part woman, and part child—who became virile heroes on the operatic stage. The reader will learn of the horrors of castration, the nature of the strange castrato voice, and the conflicts these singers experienced.
