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The Politics of Opera: A History from Monteverdi to Mozart
A wide-ranging look at the interplay of opera and political ideas through the centuries The Politics of Opera takes readers on a fascinating journey into the entwined development of opera...
Stage Works of Bela Bartok
The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in...
Opera in America: A Cultural History
Winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism "I hear the chorus, it is a grand opera, Ah this indeed is music-this suits me."-Walt Whitman, "Song of...
Stanislavski On Opera
Best known for his fundamental work on acting, Stanislavski was deeply drawn to the challenges of opera. His brilliant chapters here on Russian classics - Boris Gudonov and The Queen...
When the Fat Lady Sings: Opera History as it Ought to be Taught
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When The Fat Lady Sings: Opera History As It Ought To Be Taught is David W. Barber's third foray into the dangerous realm of musical humour.
Andrea Bocelli: The Music of Silence
Andrea Bocelli is currently the world's most successful male singer. He has sold an astonishing 60 million albums worldwide and has sung for the Pope and Bill Clinton. His concerts...
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
This greatly enlarged edition includes many rewritten and updated entries as well as numerous new articles on composers and performers, details of casts at first performances, and much additional information...
Being Wagner: The Triumph of the Will
The perfect introduction to the Master. One hundred and thirty-five years after his death, Richard Wagner's music dramas stand at the centre of the culture of classical music. They have...
Kiri: Her Unsung Story
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The biography of Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the most well-known and well-loved personalities in music, revealing for the first time the dramatic story of her origins, career and marital...
ABC of Opera: Academy of Barmy Composers, The - Baroque
Discover the thrilling story of opera with Jack, Megan and the time-travelling Trunk. Go with them to Florence, Italy and back to 1597, the beginning of the Baroque era, to...
Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide
Wagner's operatic works rank with the supreme achievements of western culture. But acceptance of Wagner's musical genius is tempered by feelings of misgiving and many believe the composer's underlying ideas...
Who's Who in Opera
This guide to over 2500 operatic characters is intended both as a source of reference and an enjoyable read. Covering a wide range of works across the whole compass of...
Finding My Voice: Playing the fool, and other triumphs!
For the last 25 years Jonathan Veira has been a star of the world of opera, handling a wide range of character parts as a comic baritone. A virtuoso musician...
Encore: My journey back to centre stage
Told he would never sing again, now he's back for his Encore . 'A unique story - told from the heart, with humour and warmth'. Aled Jones 'An emotional read...
A Prima Donna's Progress: The Autobiography of Joan Sutherland
The long awaited autobiography of ' La Stupenda ' the worlds most celebrated living soprano. From not particularly spectatcular musical beginnings, Joan Sutherland has built a world-conquering singing career. Born...
My Friend Pavarotti
A personal portrait of Luciano Pavarotti by a childhood friend, drawing on conversations with the singer's wife, parents, family, friends, musical colleagues and the man himself. This book includes a...
The Opera Companion
A guide to 47 operas from the 18th and 19th centuries, this text provides a synopsis for each opera with an introduction singling out the particular strengths and flaws of...
Giacomo Puccini
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The Ring of the Nibelung
A superb translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems- the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycle The scale and grandeur of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung has no...
Wagner's Parsifal: The Music of Redemption
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The last book by one of Britain's most prominent public intellectuals is a superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal,...
La Stupenda: A Biography of Joan Sutherland
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Sing Me Forgotten
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Choir Man
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Richard Wagner: The Sorcerer of Bayreuth
Author: Barry MillingtonFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 240mm, 1050g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2012Richard Wagner is one of the most influential - and controversial - composers in...
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
Author: Alex Ross Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 784 'An absolutely masterly work' Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard...
Finding My Voice
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Intimate Letters
Over the last decade of his life the Czech composer Leo Janacek wrote regularly to his 'hoped-for wife' Kamila Stvsslova. A comprehensive selection of these letters has been translated and...