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Verdi
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 941

Verdi

Written with exclusive access to the original Verdi family documents, this book explores the facts behind the myths of this extraordinary figure. Previously unknown aspects of Verdi's life are exposed in this biography, which took 30 years to write.

Puccini
  • Language: en

Puccini

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1977
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Rosa Ponselle
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 410

Rosa Ponselle

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1997
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  • Publisher: UPNE

The life of Rosa Ponselle, "one of the greatest American opera singers of the twentieth century."--Jacket.

The Many Lives of Otto Kahn
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

The Many Lives of Otto Kahn

Here was a man who was both equipped and disposed to be the most considerable Maecenas in the history of our theater, wrote Alexander Woollcott. It is the man behind that legend whom Mary Jane Matz brings. to life in this spirited biography. Otto Kahn, The King of New York in the twenties, had virtually created the city's new Metropolitan Opera with his enormous energy and financial backing. He was responsible for introducing Stanislavski, Nijinski, the Abbey Players, the Moscow Art Theater, and practically every other important personage and event in the most vigorous era of American theatrical history. He subsidized, sponsored, and had close relationships with Toscanini, Caruso, Chaliapin,...

Leonard Warren, American Baritone
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 530

Leonard Warren, American Baritone

(Amadeus). The great baritone Leonard Warren was history's most notable interpreter of Verdi, making his mark in the title roles of Rigoletto , Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra . Warren's dramatic death over 40 years ago is famous: he collapsed and died onstage at the Met on March 4, 1960 in a performance as Carlo in La forza del destino . In this definitive biography, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, author of an acclaimed biography of Giuseppe Verdi, offers an intimate portrait of a beloved opera star, based on hundreds of interviews. More than 100 rare photographs capture Warren in his great roles as well as in private moments. HARDCOVER.

The Cambridge Companion to Verdi
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 368

The Cambridge Companion to Verdi

This Companion provides a biographical, theatrical, and social-cultural background for Verdi's operas, examines in detail important general aspects of its style and method of composing, and synthesizes stylistic themes in discussions of representative works. Aspects of Verdi's milieu, style, creative process, and critical reception are explored in essays by highly reputed specialists. Like others in the series this Companion is aimed primarily at students and opera lovers.

Puccini
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 404

Puccini

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002-10-03
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  • Publisher: UPNE

This masterful biography provides the most authentic and revealing portrait to date of this major operatic composer

International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 2 Volume Set
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1200

International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 2 Volume Set

The International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus has been a successful, well-respected medical textbook for almost 20 years, over 3 editions. Encyclopaedic and international in scope, the textbook covers all aspects of diabetes ensuring a truly multidisciplinary and global approach. Sections covered include epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenesis, management and complications of diabetes and public health issues worldwide. It incorporates a vast amount of new data regarding the scientific understanding and clinical management of this disease, with each new edition always reflecting the substantial advances in the field. Whereas other diabetes textbooks are primarily clinical with less focus on ...

A Verdi Discography
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

A Verdi Discography

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1982
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Seizure of Power
  • Language: en

The Seizure of Power

This is a study of Fascism in the country of its origin, Italy. Adrian Lyttelton examines the origins and growth of the fascist movement, explaining the contribution made by different social groups to its ideology and actions.