The castrati : lungs of men, voices of women -- Angelica Catalani : pyrotechnics and greed -- A digression on travel, the industrial revolution, and related matters -- Giuditta Pasta, Maria Malibran, Henrietta Sontag, and Giulia Grisi : bel canto --…
In the beginning -- It should flow like oil -- Thirds, sixths, and octaves -- In profile and on the road -- String-snapper, hands on high -- In the interim -- From Ireland to Bohemia -- Romanticism and its rules -- Tubercular, romantic, poetic --…