Opera

London: Cassell, 1973. First edition. ix, 524pp, including index. Hardcover in fine condition. Previous owner's bookplate inside front board. Price clipped. Dustjacket in near fine condition, spine slightly faded. From d/j flap " with the aid of more than 350 music examples the author traces the gradual refining of Verdi's orchestral and harmonic palette which will transform the bold, almost poster-like qualities of the early operas into the depth and mastery of a great work of art." Operas included - Nabucco - Ernani - Giovanna d'Arco - Alzira - Attila - Macbeth -Il Corsaro - Luisa Miller - Stiffelio and La Battaglia de Legnano.. more information

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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983. Book in very good condition. Dusdtjacket in very good condition. ix, 217pp. With 32 pages of black and white photographs. Placido tells the story of his early years in Madrid and Mexico City and of his two and a half year 'apprenticeship' with the Hebrew National Opera in Tel Aviv. He made his operatic debut at the age of eighteen, and he documents both his personal and professional life. He is also a fine painist and conductor. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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New York: Argonaut Books, 1961. Book in fine condition. Slipcase in good condition, slight rubbing at top and front edge (see picture). xxiv, 60pp of the opera in words, 46pp of the music, and from xxv to liv pages - The sources of the songs in "The Beggar's Opera." With frontispiece. Commentaries by Louis Kronenberger and Max Goberman on the literary and musical background and with the original words of all the airs that John Gay adapted for his work. (9½"h x 7½"w) (24.5cms x 19cms) approx. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine.. more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1984. First edition. 265pp. With 49 drawings, and index. Hardcover in excellent condition. Dustjacket in excellent condition. Analysing sixteen operas, discussing each one's place in history, the importance of each character. the clues to interpretation that are to be found in the libretto and score, technical aspects of voice, costume and make-up, the importance of the small part, and portraits of the composers.. more information

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London: W.H. Allen, 1972. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition.x, 302pp. Frontispiece plus 21 illustrations. Caruso the world's greatest tenor was born in Naples in 1873, one of twenty-one children, he was born into squalid poverty, and his mother starved to give him his first singing lesson. His success was spectacular and was courted by kings and emperors, He travelled the world and was adored by millions. He knew sixty-four operas by heart and spoke seven languages, but had never read a book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Hardcover in fine condition. Previous owner's inscription in biro on front endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at top spine edge and top back outer corner. Price clipped. xi, 212pp, including references and index. From d/j flap - " Arranged alphabetically, close and sensitive studies of fifty-six personalities in the seven major operas - Idomeneo, The Abduction, Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi, The Magic Flute, and La Clemenza, and also deals with lesser-known personalities such as Blondie, Marcellina and Despina.'. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. more information

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London: Robson Books, 1987. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition. xv, 264pp. With numerous illustrations. Recollections of Callas by fellow artists including, Placido Domingo, Joan Sutherland and Luchino Visconti. Letters which reveal many sides of Callas's artistry and personality, and analyses of her greatest recordings. A complete Callas discography and a selected annotated bibliography and also memoirs by Callas herself. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Book in very good condition, bottom front edge very slightly bumped. Dustjacket in very good condition, bottom front edge very slightly bumped. xxviii, 338pp. With 16 pages of black and white photographs. Based on interviews with leading male opera singers - tenors,0. baritones, bass-baritones and the basses, - among them, Pavarotti, Carreras, Araiza, Bruson, Cappuccilli, Milnes, Estes, Raimondi, Moll, Burchuladze, Ramey. The book explores the relationship between each singer and some of the roles with which he is identified. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. 308pp, including index. A history of opera since its earliest days, the book provides chapters on the First Operas, Mozart, German Romanticism, Grand Opera, Rossini, Verdi, Russian Opera, Puccini, Stravinsky, Modern French Opera Strauss, Weill, Britten, Gershwin, American Opera, and much more. Also opera stars as Kathleen Battle and Ghena Dimitrova and others are discussed. Recording information, including cast and label is contained in the text while an index enables the reader to locate composers, their works, and the recordings of favourite singers. Also gives answers to -What is the best Rigoletto? - The most complete Lohengrin? - The most avoidable Carmen?, etc. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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Oxford University Press, 1979. Second edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good+ condition, top corner edges and top edge, slightly rubbed. 561pp. From d/j flap - 'entries on individual operas, composers, librettists, singers, conductors, technical terms, and other general subjects connected with opera and its history. Greatly enlarged second edition with additional information.'. more information

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London: John Murray, 1998. First edition. 214pp, including index. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. With 26 illustrations. The period 1860-1939 is covered., including 'Colonel' James Mapleson, Oscar Hammerstein I, and John Christie. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Book in very good condition, bottom spine edge very slightly bumped. Dustjacket in fine condition. x, 304pp, including bibliography and index. With numerous black-and-white photographs in the text. Volpe was the only manager at the New York's Metropolitan Opera House to have risen through the ranks from apprentice carpenter to general manager. The behind-the-scenes look at more than forty years of highlights at the Met, successes, and day-to-day inner workings - all about productions, the divas and backstage dramas, and Volpe's years leading up to the Met.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. more information

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