Eunuchs and Castrati examines the enduring fascination among historians, literary critics,
musicologists, and other scholars around the figure of the castrate. Specifically, the book …

La significativa ricorrenza di opere che, a partire dalla seconda metà del Seicento, mettono
in scena episodi che fanno riferimento al mito delle Amazzoni è già stata più volte segnalata …

Who–or perhaps more properly–what was the castrato? This is perhaps one of the most
fascinating questions in all of music history–and certainly the most perplexing in the history …

La ricerca storica e umanistica si è recentemente aperta ad ambiti d'indagine fino a poco
tempo fa impensabili; fra di essi, spicca un'attenzione non superficiale al ruolo che …

Even during the formative period, Ovid's poetry provided the subject matter for a number of
high‐profile Renaissance court performances combining ancient mythological narratives …

It has been the opinion of many, most Christian Queen, that the ancient Greeks and
Romans, in representing their tragedies upon the stage, sang them throughout. But until now …

Antonio Vivaldi's cycle of violin concertos dramatizing the four seasons marked a substantial
shift in the way that the seasons were depicted in the arts. Moving away from religious and …

Although Farinelli has received a great deal of attention in scholarship, the early music
performance scene and in popular culture, little has been written about his singing. The …

Die Annäherung an Sirenen mit und in der Musik kennt diverse Wege. Zahlreiche der Nixen,
Meerjungfrauen und sonstigen zauberhaften Wasserwesen, denen wir musikalisch …

Sämtliche Bildnisse Händels in einer opulenten Ikonographie. Als unumstrittene
Schlüsselfigur der Musikwelt seiner Zeit erlangte Georg Friedrich Händel bis dahin …