In:
Cambridge Opera Journal, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 18, No. 1 ( 2006-03), p. 21-31
Abstract:
For a brief period in his career, Verdi wrote operas about compromised or ‘fallen’ women, women condemned for their sexuality: not only Lina in Stiffelio and Violetta in La traviata , but also – if we take into account the way their men regard them – Lida in La battaglia di Legnano , Luisa in Luisa Miller and Leonora in Il trovatore . These women suffer or die. Gilda also dies, in Rigoletto , ultimately a victim of her sexual availability. This essay examines Verdi's contribution to ‘the undoing of women’ and relates it speculatively to his experience as Giuseppina Strepponi's lover around the same time.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0954-5867
,
1474-0621
DOI:
10.1017/S0954586706002072
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2006
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2053867-4
SSG:
9,3
SSG:
9,2
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