Contents

Acknowledgements

vii

Introduction

ix

1.

The Voice of the Century: Luisa Tetrazzini and Her Discographic Legacy

1

2.

The Rossinian Repertoire

15

3.

Donizetti’s Operas

49

4.

Bellini and the New Declamatory Style

73

5.

Verdi’s Style: The End of Bel Canto?

99

Conclusions

129

Transcriptions

135

List of Illustrations

199

Select Bibliography

203

Index of Names

207