Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 
 

Files

File List


ucin1243307656.pdf (385.57 KB)

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

A Dozen Little Farinellos: A Reception History of Farinelli in London, 1734-37

Offret, Ashley
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243307656

Abstract Details

2009, M.M., University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Music History.
Farinelli’s arrival in London in 1734 to perform with the Opera of the Nobility marked a temporary rise in the declining popularity of Italian Opera in England. The previous few decades had seen Italian opera overwhelmingly successful under the baton of Georg Frederic Handel, despite frequent and constant complaints by critics. This thesis will reconstruct Farinelli’s reception history through an examination of contemporary literature. First, it will examine Farinelli’s irresistibility as a sexual icon by reconstructing London’s ideas about femininity, while taking into account his unique traits that attracted him to both males and females. Next, it will examine Britain’s evolving sense of national identity that they thought placed it in equal merit standing with other European countries. This thesis will use contemporary criticisms in various forms, including a false letter, essays and satires, by some of the most famous literary names of the time period.
Melinda Boyd, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jeongwon Joe, PhD (Committee Member)
Jonathan Kregor, PhD (Committee Member)
86 p.
Gender; Music
Farinelli; Castrati; Handel; London; Reception history; Baroque Opera; Gender Roles

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Offret, A. (2009). A Dozen Little Farinellos: A Reception History of Farinelli in London, 1734-37 [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243307656

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Offret, Ashley. A Dozen Little Farinellos: A Reception History of Farinelli in London, 1734-37. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243307656.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Offret, Ashley. "A Dozen Little Farinellos: A Reception History of Farinelli in London, 1734-37." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243307656

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

ucin1243307656
940
© 2009, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by University of Cincinnati and OhioLINK.