« Cette femme éminente a touché l’âme universelle ». Une théorie médicale du talent de l’actrice-chanteuse dans La Pasta nell’Otello de Luigi Morando De Rizzoni (Vérone, Crescini,... by Céline Frigau Manning

“…Explicitly taking the side of the singer, the dialogue’s author, a wine producer and the brother of a doctor, provides us with a fascinating text, both from the perspective of the opinions and accounts which he develops concerning Giuditta Pasta’s singing and acting in Rossini’s Otello, as well as the elements of aesthetic and medical theories which he integrates into his arguments. …”
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