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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...
The Man Who Wrote Mozart: The Many Lives of Lorenzo Da Ponte
The many lives of Lorenzo da Ponte - librettist of Mozart's three great operas: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte - began in Venice, lingered in...
Definitive Opera Encyclopedia: New & Expanded Edition
Updated and expanded version of the classic reference work, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera, this new text edition examines the history and development of opera, from its roots in the...
Wagner
A reader-friendly look at the turbulent life and work of probably the greatest 19th century German opera composer, including the impact of politics, philosophy, and aesthetics on Wagner's work. Covers...
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
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,...
No Autographs, Please!: Backstage antics, onstage disasters and the long road to success
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La Stupenda: A Biography of Joan Sutherland
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My Life with Wagner
'Idiosyncratic, humorous, enlightening and written by one of the finest conductors alive ... This is the book to buy if you are going to see Wagner or listen to him...
Hans Hotter
Hans Hotter (1909-2003) was one of opera's most influential and profoundly moving artists of the twentieth century. His imposing frame and austere, high-browed profile made him an ideal figure of...
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
Author: Alex RossFormat: Hardback, 159mm x 240mm, 1150g, 784 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2020'An absolutely masterly work' Stephen FryAlex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is...
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...
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...