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From:  "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
"Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
Date:  Fri Oct 13, 2000  12:45 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] 24 Italian question...


Vocalisters:

>Wasn't the Florentine Camerata the dawn of the prima donna -- the early
Baroque?

Early opera used men in women's roles and, of course eventually
castrati in these roles.

--
Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
Professor of Voice, Pedagogy
School of Performing Arts
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011

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