Early 20th Century Opera Singers
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Early 20th Century Opera Singers
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Author : Nicholas E. Limansky
language : en
Publisher: YBK Publishers
Release Date : 2016-04
Early 20th Century Opera Singers written by Nicholas E. Limansky and has been published by YBK Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Historical recordings by opera singers have proven since 1900 to offer much reward to the singer, student, listener, and collector alike. In the first book of this kind to appear in decades, Nicholas Limansky explains why critical listening is important and describes the merits of analyzing and comparing the recordings of previous generations of singers with those of the present. He also recounts how markedly record collecting has changed through the decades-especially in large cities like New York-mainly due to technological advance. He not only treats collecting 78 rpm disks, but LPs and CDs as well. Expired copyright now enables many of these early recordings to easily be acquired and collected, enabling the broad-scale comparison of style, technique, and vocal quality among the famous performers of earlier eras. The author points out what to look for among these differences in style, technique, and ability-both good and bad. (On occasion, the most famous are not the best ) With emphasis on today's student and collector, Limansky provides information about where, how, and on what labels given recordings can be found. He discusses printed resources that offer the interested even more information. Beginners and veterans alike will find much of interest in this far-ranging book. Nicholas Limansky studied voice at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and has a performance degree from the University of West Virginia. He has sung with major professional choral groups in New York City that include The Bach Aria Group, Musica Sacra, New York Choral Artists (NY Philharmonic), Opera Orchestra of New York, The Netherlands Ballet, and Alvin Ailey (Revelations, Rainbow). He has written performance reviews for the Italian publication, "Rassegna Melodrammatic," and reviewed new vocal releases of historical singers for "Opera News, The Record Collector, Classical Singer, " and "Opera Quarterly." He lectures at the New York Vocal Record Collectors Society and is a member of its board of directors.
Singers Of Italian Opera
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Author : John Rosselli
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-03-02
Singers Of Italian Opera written by John Rosselli and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-03-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Adelina Patti was the most highly regarded singer in history. She earned nearly $5,000 a night and had her own railway carriage. Yet a minor comic singer would perform for the cost of his food and a pair of shoes to wear on stage. John Rosselli's wide-ranging study introduces all those singers, members of the chorus as well as stars, who have sung Italian opera from 1600 to the twentieth century. Singers are shown slowly emancipating themselves from dependence on great patrons and entering the dangerous freedom of the market. Rosselli also examines the sexist prejudices against the castrati of the eighteenth century and against women singers. Securely rooted in painstaking scholarship and sprinkled with amusing anecdote, this is a book to fascinate and inform opera fans at all levels.
The American Opera Singer
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Author : Peter G. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1997
The American Opera Singer written by Peter G. Davis and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In America today, opera has never been more popular, and one reason for this is, no doubt, that American opera singers are fixtures on every leading opera stage throughout the world. In this lively and engrossing account, Peter G. Davis, music critic for New York magazine and a leading opera authority, tells the story of how these plucky, resilient and supremely talented American singers have transformed this venerable European-born art form and made it their own. Starting with opera's arrival in America in the early nineteenth century, Davis shows how American singers grew in sophistication and stature along with the country. From the nineteenth-century pioneers who crashed the gates of Europe's elite opera circles, to the glamorous singers of the early twentieth century who were also Hollywood stars and publicity magnets, to the highly professional singers since World War II who not only have gained European acceptance but now dominate the industry, this lively and highly readable account chronicles the extraordinary lives and adventures of these larger-than-life personalities. Included are Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Richard Tucker, Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne, Lawrence Tibbett, and a galaxy of others whose stories are as dramatic and compelling as the roles they sang on stage. Full of prima-donna antics, hilarious backstage anecdotes, and performance lore, "The American Opera Singer will delight anyone who has felt the magic of opera, and will provide a new canon of American singing sure to provoke spirited debate among aficionados. Trained as a musician and composer, Peter G. Davis has been writing about music for over thirty years in such publications as the "NewYork Times, The Times of London, High Fidelity, and "Opera News. He is currently music critic for "New York magazine and lives in New York City. Experience the artistry of America's supremely talented singers on RCA Victor Red Seal's "The American Opera Singer, a companion 2-CD set to this book, now available in record stores.
Great Opera Singers Of The Twentieth Century 1927 1990
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Author : Donald S. Blair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Great Opera Singers Of The Twentieth Century 1927 1990 written by Donald S. Blair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This volume contains biographical sketches of 50 great opera singers of the 20th century, with photographs of each singer in a famous role.
The Arts Of The Prima Donna In The Long Nineteenth Century
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Author : Rachel Cowgill
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-12
The Arts Of The Prima Donna In The Long Nineteenth Century written by Rachel Cowgill and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-12 with History categories.
Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narrative of 19th and early 20th century opera. This book shines a light on the singers who created and inhabited these roles, the flesh-and-blood women who embodied these fabled doomed women onstage before an audience.
Opera Acts
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Author : Karen Henson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-15
Opera Acts written by Karen Henson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with Music categories.
Karen Henson explores a wealth of new historical material about singers and opera performance in the late nineteenth century.
Opera Singers
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Author : Gustav Kobbé
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
Opera Singers written by Gustav Kobbé and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with Musicians categories.
Confessions Of An Opera Singer
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Author : Kathleen Howard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
Confessions Of An Opera Singer written by Kathleen Howard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Musicians categories.
Classical Singers Of The Opera And Recital Stages
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Author : Robert H. Cowden
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1994-06-14
Classical Singers Of The Opera And Recital Stages written by Robert H. Cowden and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-06-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Have you ever tried to find information on your favorite classical singer, past or present? If you have, you know the frustrations involved. Now, for the first time under one cover is a comprehensive listing of all known published and unpublished material of a biographical nature about classical singers of the opera and recital stages. No current reference work or periodical includes more than a fraction of the material found here. This book will save the reader countless frustrating hours tracking down sources by indicating exactly where to look. For anyone with a serious interest in classical singers, this new publication is a MUST. Quite simply put, there is nothing comparable available. If you own any or all of the current basic references on opera and singing, this represents a worthy and indispensable companion to each of them. Classical Singers of the Opera and Recital Stages is a comprehensive listing of biographical materials about 1,532 famous and not-so-famous vocalists. Materials from 30 languages and language variants are annotated including cross-references to 24 major dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference works as well as 12 important periodicals. In addition to this body of information, 157 collective titles and 283 related books are also cross-referenced. It even includes references to works such as the American National Biography which is currently in publication. All of this material is organized into five easy-to-use coded categories, and the codes remain standard throughout the work. A special feature is a complete index to all vocalists accorded an entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992). Some 323 classical vocal artists, who do not appear in Grove-Opera, are included here. Cowden's monumental reference lists thousands of sources for obscure artists as well as for the legendary ones from the 17th century to 1993. Each reader will find sources of information previously unknown thus saving countless hours tracking down biographical information about a particular artist. An indispensable supplement to even the most recent published reference works in the field of the vocal arts, Classical Singers of the Opera and Recital Stages should remain a standard work for years to come.
Opera Singers Of The Twentieth Century
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Opera Singers Of The Twentieth Century written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Opera categories.
Fifty oil painting portraits of eminent opera singers, with accompanying brief biographies.