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Acknowledgements

Prelude

Chapter One: Early Years

Venice

The new singing style

The 1720/1721 season at Sant’Angelo

Finances

Milan, Livorno, and Lucca

Chapter Two: First Maturity

Naples, the operatic capital of Europe

Strada on the stage

Becoming the leading soprano

Chapter Three: Successor to the ‘Rival Queens’

First impressions in London

Surpassing the predecessors

Social, political, and financial matters

Chapter Four: In the Midst of Operatic Business

Queen of revivals

Heroine of pasticci

Chapter Five: The Composer’s Faithful Soprano

The first original roles

A multi-faceted vocal personality

Reinventing Strada

Chapter Six: The Prima Donna of Oratorios

Esther and Deborah

From Athalia to Bellezza

Chapter Seven: Back to Italy

The first San Carlo season

The last active years

Appendix: Strada’s London Season Schedules

Bibliography