Style in Singing

by W. E. Haslam

(Original Italian version, as written for Vienna.)

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(As written for the Paris version, the rôle of Orphée being then sung by a tenor.)

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(As sung by Mme. Viardot-Garcia, the rôle being then restored to the contralto voice as in the Italian version, while the changes made by Gluck for the Paris version were retained. This is now definitively adopted at the Opéra-Comique.)

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