Maria Callas

A Musical Biography

Robert Levine (Autor)

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224 Seiten

2003
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
978-1-57912-283-6 (ISBN)

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This biography of the opera singer's tempestuous life focuses on her musical development, her influence, her critical reception and the specific qualities that have made her a legend. The book is accompanied by two CDs featuring nearly three hours of her music.

This illustrated biography of the brilliant and controversial opera singer, Maria Callas, includes two CDs featuring nearly three hours of her music, accompanied by the libretti and key to an enlightening commentary. The focus of the book is on her musical development, her influence, her critical reception and the specific qualities that have made her a legend. The CDs feature 30 different arias and performances from works by Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Gounod and many more.

Author Robert Levine is an internationally known music and travel writer whose work has appeared in dozens of publications. He was the co-editor of Records' Classical Pulse! Magazine, helped launch and was the Senior Editor-in-chief of Andante.com, a world wide web site devoted to every aspect of classical music and musicians. He attends his operas and symphonies in New York.

Biography; artistic development and influence; the voice; chronology; performance history; discography; Callas on film.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.11.2003
Zusatzinfo	100 b&w photographs, index
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 235 mm
Gewicht	816 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10	1-57912-283-3 / 1579122833
ISBN-13	978-1-57912-283-6 / 9781579122836
Zustand	Neuware