World Treasury of Grand Opera, The(J5575)
by George R. Marek | Arts & Photography | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9781930841383 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9781930841383 Global Overview for this book
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hardback
674pp
published, 1957
Front Cover
THE WORLD TREASURY OF GRAND OPERA
ITS TRIUMPHS, TRIALS AND GREAT PERSONALITIES
For the first time a magnificent collection presents the finest writing about opera, covering every aspect of the art - history, performance, fact, fiction, criticism and controversy. Besides containing a wealth of entertainment, it unfolds an unrivaled (covered up) of grand opera, from its beginnings to the present, (covered up) not only by its creators, but by observers of every kind. For all who enjoy opera, here is a one-volume library of endless fascination.
Partial list of contents:
ITALIAN OPERA
The Nature of the Lady ~ George R. Marek
Rossini as a Composer ~ Francis Toye
The Barber of Seville ~ Ernest Newman
Madame Bovary Goes to Hear Lucia ~ Gustave Flaubert
Otello's Premiere ~ Blanche Roosevelt
How I Wrote Pagliacci ~ Ruggiero Leoncavallo
FRENCH OPERA
For the Family Trade ~ George R. Marek
Napoleon as an Operatic Dictator ~ Martial Teneo
The Voice of Carmen ~ Paul Bekker
The Spite of a Poet ~ Victor Seroff
GERMAN OPERA
Ambrosia and Pretzels ~ George R. Marek
An Early Portrait of Mozart ~ Adolph Heinrich Von Schlichtegroll
Fidelio ~ John N. Burk
Fidelio Misunderstood ~ Donald Francis Tovey
Wagner and Pauline Viardot-Garcia ~ Anna Schoen-Rene
The Death of Wagner ~ Ernest Newman
OPERA HOUSES AND AUDIENCES
What May Be Seen at the Opera ~ Henry Sutherland Edwards
Hans Castorp Listens to the Gramophone from The Magic Mountain ~ Thomas Mann
How La Scala Works ~ Martin Mayer
The Battle of the Claque ~ Joseph Wechsberg
How to Act When Hearing Opera from La Vie Parisienne
FOR AND AGAINST TRANSLATION
The Spectator Looks at Opera ~ Joseph Addison
What's Wrong with Opera in New York? ~ Oscar George Sonneck
Yes, But Mostly No ~ Olin Downes
Against Translation ~ Herbert F. Peyser
SINGERS AND CONDUCTING
How a Tenor Revolves Around the Public ~ Hector Berlioz
Patti: An Appreciation ~ Eduard Hanslick
A Different View ~ George Bernard Shaw
As I See Lenore ~ Lottie Lehmann
Evelyn Innes ~ George Moore
Toscanini Conducts Opera ~ Lawrence Gilman and Olin Downes
THE CRISIS OF OPERA
The Crisis of Modern Opera ~ Henry Pleasants
L'Envoi ~ Donald Jay Grout
hardback
674pp
published, 1957
Front Cover
THE WORLD TREASURY OF GRAND OPERA
ITS TRIUMPHS, TRIALS AND GREAT PERSONALITIES
For the first time a magnificent collection presents the finest writing about opera, covering every aspect of the art - history, performance, fact, fiction, criticism and controversy. Besides containing a wealth of entertainment, it unfolds an unrivaled (covered up) of grand opera, from its beginnings to the present, (covered up) not only by its creators, but by observers of every kind. For all who enjoy opera, here is a one-volume library of endless fascination.
Partial list of contents:
ITALIAN OPERA
The Nature of the Lady ~ George R. Marek
Rossini as a Composer ~ Francis Toye
The Barber of Seville ~ Ernest Newman
Madame Bovary Goes to Hear Lucia ~ Gustave Flaubert
Otello's Premiere ~ Blanche Roosevelt
How I Wrote Pagliacci ~ Ruggiero Leoncavallo
FRENCH OPERA
For the Family Trade ~ George R. Marek
Napoleon as an Operatic Dictator ~ Martial Teneo
The Voice of Carmen ~ Paul Bekker
The Spite of a Poet ~ Victor Seroff
GERMAN OPERA
Ambrosia and Pretzels ~ George R. Marek
An Early Portrait of Mozart ~ Adolph Heinrich Von Schlichtegroll
Fidelio ~ John N. Burk
Fidelio Misunderstood ~ Donald Francis Tovey
Wagner and Pauline Viardot-Garcia ~ Anna Schoen-Rene
The Death of Wagner ~ Ernest Newman
OPERA HOUSES AND AUDIENCES
What May Be Seen at the Opera ~ Henry Sutherland Edwards
Hans Castorp Listens to the Gramophone from The Magic Mountain ~ Thomas Mann
How La Scala Works ~ Martin Mayer
The Battle of the Claque ~ Joseph Wechsberg
How to Act When Hearing Opera from La Vie Parisienne
FOR AND AGAINST TRANSLATION
The Spectator Looks at Opera ~ Joseph Addison
What's Wrong with Opera in New York? ~ Oscar George Sonneck
Yes, But Mostly No ~ Olin Downes
Against Translation ~ Herbert F. Peyser
SINGERS AND CONDUCTING
How a Tenor Revolves Around the Public ~ Hector Berlioz
Patti: An Appreciation ~ Eduard Hanslick
A Different View ~ George Bernard Shaw
As I See Lenore ~ Lottie Lehmann
Evelyn Innes ~ George Moore
Toscanini Conducts Opera ~ Lawrence Gilman and Olin Downes
THE CRISIS OF OPERA
The Crisis of Modern Opera ~ Henry Pleasants
L'Envoi ~ Donald Jay Grout
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