Prima Donna: A History

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Paperback
1995
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Prima donnas have always provoked extreme reactions - branded as spoilt and manipulative, hated and resented. This book examines the truth behind the myth, seeking the real women behind the stereotypes. Women over 300 years from Pasta and Patti to Norman and Bartoli are put into historical and musical context. He reveals their vital creative contribution to the development of opera and the intense personal struggles that were often the price of success.

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Prima donnas have always provoked extreme reactions - branded as spoilt and manipulative, hated and resented. This book examines the truth behind the myth, seeking the real women behind the stereotypes. Women over 300 years from Pasta and Patti to Norman and Bartoli are put into historical and musical context. He reveals their vital creative contribution to the development of opera and the intense personal struggles that were often the price of success.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 02 Nov 1995
ISBN 10: 0712674667
ISBN 13: 9780712674669
Book Overview: Richly vivid and intensely readable - and now revised throughout -PRIMA DONNA is the best possible guide to opera's greatest female singers over the last 300 years.

Prima Donna: A History

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