A discourse of change -- Selecting a "perfect" entrance : Carolina Ungher and Marino Faliero -- Making their way through the world : Italian one-hit wonders -- Maria Malibran, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and a tale of suicide -- Che vuol cantare? The lesson scene of Il barbiere di Siviglia -- An insertion aria speaks
Summary
This study seeks to explore the role and significance of aria insertion, the practice that allowed singers to introduce music of their own choice into productions of Italian operas. Each chapter investigates the art of aria insertion during the nineteenth
