Review of Hilary Poriss. 2009. Changing the Score: Arias, Prima Donnas, and the Authority of Performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Readers may recall the 1998 production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Metropolitan Opera in which mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, to much criticism, sang two arias in place of the two traditionally sung by her character, Susanna. Despite the fact that Mozart also composed these two substi...
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Columbia University Libraries
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Current Musicology |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5213 |