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Author | : Jane Rosenberg |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1996-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780500278734 |
Download Sing Me a Story Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.
Author | : Johanna Fiedler |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2003-09-09 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1400032318 |
Download Molto Agitato Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
If the opera world is full of “intrigue, double meanings, and devious dramatics,” then no place exemplifies this more than the world-famous Metropolitan Opera, where politics, ambition, and oversized egos have traditionally taken center stage along with some of the world’s richest music. Drawing on her fifteen years as its press representative, Johanna Fiedler explodes the traditional secrecy that surrounds the Met in this wonderfully entertaining account of its tumuluous history. Fiedler chronicles the Met’s early days as a home for legends like Toscanini, Mahler, and Caruso, and gives a fascinating account of the middle years when haughty blue-bloods battled stubborn adminstrators for control of a company that would emerge as America’s premiere opera house. She takes us behind the grand gold-curtain stage in more recent years as well, showing how musical superstars like Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and Kathleen Battle have electrified performances and scandalized the public. But most revelatory are Fiedler’s portrayals of James Levine and Joseph Volpe and their practically parallel ascendancies—Levine rising from prodigy to artistic director, Volpe advancing from stagehand to general manager—and their once strained relationship. Weaving together the personal, economic, and artistic struggles that characterize the Met’s long and vibrant history, Molto Agitato is a must-read saga of power, wealth, and, above all, great music.
Author | : Charles Affron |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2014-09-22 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0520958977 |
Download Grand Opera Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron tell how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. In this first new history of the company in thirty years, each of the chronologically sequenced chapters surveys a composer or a slice of the repertoire and brings to life dominant personalities and memorable performances of the time. From the opening night Faust to the recent controversial production of Wagner’s "Ring," Grand Opera is a remarkable account of management and audience response to the push and pull of tradition and reinvention. Spanning the decades between the Gilded Age and the age of new media, this story of the Met concludes by tipping its hat to the hugely successful "Live in HD" simulcasts and other twenty-first-century innovations. Grand Opera’s appeal extends far beyond the large circle of opera enthusiasts. Drawing on unpublished documents from the Metropolitan Opera Archives, reviews, recordings, and much more, this richly detailed book looks at the Met in the broad context of national and international issues and events.
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Download THE STORY OF THE Metropolitan Opera Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Irving Kolodin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 607 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Opera |
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Author | : Helen Traubel |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2022-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 146421591X |
Download The Metropolitan Opera Murders Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one time world famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the back stage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides that it had really been the star soprano who had been the intended victim, and not the prompter. Will he be able to solve the case before there is another Metropolitan Opera Murder?
Author | : Charles M. Blow |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0544228049 |
Download Fire Shut Up in My Bones Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A respected journalist describes the abuse he suffered at the hands of a close family relative, the effect this had on his formative years and how he overcame the anger and self-doubt it left behind.
Author | : Daniel Bergner |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2016-09-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0316300659 |
Download Sing for Your Life Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The New York Times bestseller about a young black man's journey from violence and despair to the threshold of stardom: "A beautiful tribute to the power of good teachers" (Terry Gross, Fresh Air). "One of the most inspiring stories I've come across in a long time."-Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review Ryan Speedo Green had a tough upbringing in southeastern Virginia: his family lived in a trailer park and later a bullet-riddled house across the street from drug dealers. His father was absent; his mother was volatile and abusive. At the age of twelve, Ryan was sent to Virginia's juvenile facility of last resort. He was placed in solitary confinement. He was uncontrollable, uncontainable, with little hope for the future. In 2011, at the age of twenty-four, Ryan won a nationwide competition hosted by New York's Metropolitan Opera, beating out 1,200 other talented singers. Today, he is a rising star performing major roles at the Met and Europe's most prestigious opera houses. Sing for Your Life chronicles Ryan's suspenseful, racially charged and artistically intricate journey from solitary confinement to stardom. Daniel Bergner takes readers on Ryan's path toward redemption, introducing us to a cast of memorable characters -- including the two teachers from his childhood who redirect his rage into music, and his long-lost father who finally reappears to hear Ryan sing. Bergner illuminates all that it takes -- technically, creatively -- to find and foster the beauty of the human voice. And Sing for Your Life sheds unique light on the enduring and complex realities of race in America.
Author | : Helen Dike |
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Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781494056629 |
Download Stories from the Great Metropolitan Operas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.
Author | : John W. Freeman |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780393018882 |
Download The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.