Deferent daisies: Caroline Miolan Carvalho, Christine Nilsson and Marguerite, 1869

Rowden, Clair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-7864 2018. Deferent daisies: Caroline Miolan Carvalho, Christine Nilsson and Marguerite, 1869. Cambridge Opera Journal 30 (2-3) , pp. 237-258. 10.1017/S0954586719000089

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Abstract

This article explores a slice of the careers of two ‘rival’ coloratura singers – the Swedish soprano Christine Nilsson and the French soprano Caroline Miolan Carvalho – during the period 1867 to 1870, and considers the internationalisation of singing careers, women's choices and negotiation of their career paths, and fortunes made and lost. With both singers employed at the Paris Opéra from November 1868 onwards as Gounod's Faust went into rehearsal, the focus falls on the ‘Battle of the Marguerites’ in the Parisian press in spring 1869, which raised heated questions of dramatic and vocal interpretation and style, often linked to cultural stereotypes, as well as artistic legitimacy and stature. Through examination of previously overlooked archival financial and legal records, this article also reveals for the first time that Miolan Carvalho was indentured to the director of the Opéra Emile Perrin during this period.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Music
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0954-5867
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 October 2019
Date of Acceptance:	1 May 2018
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2024 00:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/115047

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