To Joyce DiDonato in whom the highest standards of bel canto yet liveįigures xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Part I: The Alto Voice in the Baroque Era 1 Mezzos and ContraltosĦ Faustina Bordoni and Il Caro Sassone 39 7 Gluck’s Basses-Dessus and Mozart’s Altos M156 2016 (print) | LCC ML1700 (ebook) | DDC 783.6/8-dc23 LC record available at The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. paper) | ISBN 9781442235892 (electronic) Subjects: LCSH: Contraltos. Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, | Includes bibliographical references and index. Title: Alto : the voice of bel canto / Dan H. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Marek, Dan. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. Selected Bibliography: Articles, Essays, and Web Sites Part II: Altos in the Romantic Revolutionġ1 The Maestro and the Prima Donna Assolutaġ3 Caroline Unger (Ungher): The Forgotten Prima Donnaġ8 Altos in Opéra Lyrique and Opéra Comiqueġ9 The Bel Canto Altos of Bellini and DonizettiĢ1 German Romanticism, Wagner, Strauss, and the Alto Voice Part I: The Alto Voice in the Baroque Eraħ Gluck’s Basses-Dessus and Mozart’s Altos
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