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Aidaby Elton John, Tim RiceISBN 0634048023 (0-634-04802-3)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Aidaby Guiseppe VerdiISBN 0714537705 (0-7145-3770-5)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aida'Book summary:[via]English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Aida is, for most of us, the quintessence of Ancient Egypt but it is certainly not just for archaeologists! Michael Rose points out that it is really about patriotisman issue of burning importance to Verdi and his contemporaries. Music critic William Mann reflects that even a short look at the score reveals subtleties that repay careful listening. And Verdi's own letters show the germs of the opera grow from suggestion to creation.More editions of Aida:
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Easy Pianoby Gian Carlo Menotti, Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress), Michele LemieuxISBN 0688054269 (0-688-05426-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Arias for Sopranoby Robert LarsenISBN 0793504007 (0-7935-0400-7)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Believing in Operaby Tom SutcliffeISBN 0691015635 (0-691-01563-5)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Benjamin Britten: A Biographyby Humphrey CarpenterISBN 0684195690 (0-684-19569-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Benjamin Britten Billy Buddby Philip Reed, Mervyn CookeISBN 0521387507 (0-521-38750-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Boris Godunovby Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Modeste MoussorgskyISBN 0714539228 (0-7145-3922-8)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boris Godunov'Book summary:[via]The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detailwith many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translationexcept where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.More editions of Boris Godunov:
Boris Godunov in Full Scoreby Modest P. MoussorgskyISBN 048625321X (0-486-25321-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Castrati in Operaby Angus HeriotISBN 0714501530 (0-7145-0153-0)
Hardcover, Riverrun Pr
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A Companion to the Operaby Robin MayISBN 0718821238 (0-7188-2123-8)
Hardcover, Lutterworth Press
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The Complete Operas of Puccini: A Critical Guideby Charles OsborneISBN 0689111843 (0-689-11184-3)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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Demented: The World of the Opera Divaby Ethan MorddenISBN 0671668005 (0-671-66800-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Der Fliegende Hollander: Flying Dutchmanby Richard WagnerISBN 0714539201 (0-7145-3920-1)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Der Fliegende Hollander: Flying Dutchman'Book summary:[via]The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detailwith many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translationexcept where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.More editions of Der Fliegende Hollander: Flying Dutchman:
Der Rosenkavalierby Richard StraussISBN 0714542687 (0-7145-4268-7)
Softcover, John Calder Pub Ltd
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The Devil in Musicby Kate RossISBN 0670863599 (0-670-86359-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Die upon a Kissby Barbara HamblyISBN 0553581651 (0-553-58165-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Die Walkureby Richard Wagner, Rudolph SaborISBN 0714836524 (0-7148-3652-4)
Softcover, Phaidon Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Die Walkure'Book summary:Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is the second of the four operas in Richard Wagner's Ring cycle, and the first of the early curtain, late-bedtime-length operas that inspired the term "Wagnerian" as a synonym for "extremely long." In it we meet a large quantity of the known offspring of the philandering head god, Wotan, including the nine Valkyries--warlike maidens who haul dead heroes to feast forever with the gods at Valhalla--and Wotan's twin children by a mortal woman, Siegmund and Sieglinde. The opera opens with Siegmund, defeated in battle, rushing into the first shelter he finds. It turns out to be the unhappy home of Hunding and Sieglinde. Sieglinde is Siegmund's twin sister, but that doesn't stop them from declaring their love and running off together, right after Siegmund pulls out the sword that their father left stuck in the tree that grows in the middle of the great hall. Brunnhilde, the chief Valkyrie, is first ordered by their father to help Siegmund, but he has to change his mind when Fricka, the goddess of marriage, points out the irregularity of the relationship. Brunnhilde admires Siegmund and tries to save him, but has to settle for saving the pregnant Sieglinde; as a reward for Sieglinde's audacity, Wotan puts her to sleep on a rock surrounded by fire that only a man who has never known fear can penetrate.
Rudolph Sabor's version of the libretto does a wonderful job of capturing Wagner's rhythms and idiom and bringing the whole into accessible English. This translation--which also includes suggestions for further study and comments on the action--would be a useful companion to listening to a recording of the Ring, because it points out when the leitmotifs occur. [via]
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Elektra in Full Scoreby Richard StraussISBN 0486265382 (0-486-26538-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Eugene Oneginby Pyotr TchaikovskyISBN 071454146X (0-7145-4146-X)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Expecting Someone Tallerby Tom HoltISBN 044122332X (0-441-22332-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Famous Verdi Operas: An Analytical Guide for the Opera-Goer and Armchair Listenerby Spike HughesISBN 0709102054 (0-7091-0205-4)
Hardcover, Hale
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Fidelioby Forbes DeaneISBN 071453823X (0-7145-3823-X)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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French Opera Posters, 1868-1930by Lucy BroidoISBN 0486233065 (0-486-23306-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Georges Bizet: Carmenby Susan McClaryISBN 0521398975 (0-521-39897-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Ghosts of Versailles: Sheet Musicby John CoriglianoISBN 0793556333 (0-7935-5633-3)
Softcover, G Schirmer Inc
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Giacomo Puccini: LA Bohemeby Roger Parker, Arthur GroosISBN 0521319137 (0-521-31913-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Girl Who Trod on a Loafby Kathryn DavisISBN 0679414258 (0-679-41425-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf'Book summary:Frances Thorn, a young single mother, inherits an unfinished opera based on the Hans Christian Andersen character ""the girl who trod on a loaf."" By the author of Labrador. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour. [via]
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Giuseppe Verdi: Otelloby James A. Hepokoski, Richard WagnerISBN 0521277493 (0-521-27749-3)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Giuseppe Verdi : Otello'Book summary:James Hepokoski provides a reliable summary of what is currently known about Otello, along with an interpretation of the significance of the work within Verdi's career. The book begins with a detailed synopsis which interweaves some of the specific stage action from the 1887 Milanese première. There follows a close consideration of how the opera was actually written: Arrigo Boito's derivation of the libretto from Shakespeare and the subsequent textual revisions; Verdi's composition of the opera from 1884 to 1887 and an overview of the revisions of the opera for Venice in 1887 and Paris in 1894. A further chapter outlines Verdi's own ideas for the performance of Otello and this is followed by William Ashbrook's summary of the opera's stage history up to the present. Professor Hepokoski continues by suggesting a new model for understanding the musical structure of Otello. The book concludes with a study of the opera as a work of Shakespearean adaptation. [via]
Golden Century of Italian Operaby William WeaverISBN 0500275017 (0-500-27501-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Pucciniby William WeaverISBN 0500012407 (0-500-01240-7)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Great Singers, from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Dayby Kurt PahlenISBN 0491013612 (0-491-01361-2)
Hardcover, W. H. Allen
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Greek Fire: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristole Onassisby Nicholas Gage, Aristotle OnassisISBN 0446610763 (0-446-61076-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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How to Be Tremenously Tuned in to Operaby E.O. ParrottISBN 067082156X (0-670-82156-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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How to Singby Lilli Lehmann, Richard AldrichISBN 0486275019 (0-486-27501-9)
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Il Trovatoreby Giuseppe VerdiISBN 0714538779 (0-7145-3877-9)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Trovatore'Book summary:[via]English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. "If I were not afraid of being called Utopian, I should be tempted to say that to reach perfection in a musical work a single mind should create the verses and the music" - not Wagner, but Cammarano to Verdi as he worked on the libretto of Il Trovatore. Marcello Conati of the Institute for Verdi Studies points out that, although audiences have always adored it, critics are only now coming to see that it represents a step forward, and by no means a step back, from the revolutionary drama of Rigoletto, completed a year before. Professor D.R.B. Kimbell, an expert on Verdi's music, clarifies the story and takes us through the score, while Professor Donald Shaw examines the unusual symbolism of the Spanish Romantic movement. Il Trovatore may cry out to be approached just as a theatrical experience, but these essays give brief and valuable insights into the type of drama it is, and the way it works.More editions of Il Trovatore:
A Knight at the Operaby Rudolf BingISBN 0399126538 (0-399-12653-8)
Hardcover, Putnam
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LA Traviataby Nicholas JohnISBN 0714538485 (0-7145-3848-5)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Traviata'Book summary:[via]English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. In this Guide, Julian Budden reviews the difficulties that faced the management that had commissioned La Traviata and how, in some previously unpublished letters, Verdi fought their views on casting the leading lady. Denis Arnold contributes a musical commentary. April FitzLyon discusses the social background of the "lady of the camellias" in fact, fiction and on the stage, and Nicholas John compares the libretto with the play to show how skilfully it was adapted to for the operatic stage.More editions of LA Traviata:
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Lohengrinby Richard Wagner, Amanda HoldenISBN 0714538523 (0-7145-3852-3)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lohengrin'Book summary:[via]The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detailwith many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translationexcept where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.More editions of Lohengrin:
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Lyre of Orpheusby Robertson DaviesISBN 067082416X (0-670-82416-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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M. Butterflyby David Henry HwangISBN 0452272599 (0-452-27259-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'M. Butterfly'Book summary:David Henry Hwangs beautiful, heartrending play featuring an afterword by the author winner of a 1988 Tony Award for Best Play and nominated for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize[via]Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is being held captive by the French governmentand by his own illusions. In the darkness of his cell he recalls a time when desire seemed to give him wings. A time when Song Liling, the beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as seductiveand as elusiveas a butterfly.
How could he have known, then, that his ideal woman was, in fact, a spy for the Chinese governmentand a man disguised as a woman? In a series of flashbacks, the diplomat relives the twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both. But in the end, there remains only one truth: Whether or not Gallimard's passion was a flight of fancy, it sparked the most vigorous emotions of his life.
Only in real life could love become so unreal. And only in such a dramatic tour de force do we learn how a fantasy can become a man's mistressas well as his jailer. M. Butterfly is one of the most compelling, explosive, and slyly humorous dramas ever to light the Broadway stage, a work of unrivaled brilliance, illuminating the conflict between men and women, the differences between East and West, racial stereotypesand the shadows we cast around our most cherished illusions.
M. Butterfly remains one of the most influential romantic plays of contemporary literature, and in 1993 was made into a film by David Cronenberg starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone.
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Macbethby Giuseppe VerdiISBN 0714541486 (0-7145-4148-6)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Madama Butterfly in Full Scoreby Giacomo PucciniISBN 0486263452 (0-486-26345-2)
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The Magic Flute: Die Zauberfloteby John NicholasISBN 0714537683 (0-7145-3768-3)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic Flute: Die Zauberflote'Book summary:Mozart's last opera, the simultaneously comic and serious fairy tale The Magic Flute (Die Zauberfloete), is as problematic as anything in the medium. Some deplore it for its perceived sexism and racism; some deplore it for its arguably goofy plot. "Depending on your perspective," writes David Foil in his essay in this book, it "is either the silliest opera ever written or a work of profound insight that happens to be dressed in the trappings of a cartoon." That it is Mozart's sublime music that ennobles something meant to be merely a short-lived popular entertainment is not in question.
This volume, issued by Black Dog Opera Library, puts together Foil's essay, lots of pictures, a complete libretto (with running commentary) in English and German, and a classic recording on two compact discs in one comfortably priced hardcover package. It is a fine introduction to what remains a great opera, goofy plot or no. (And Bellini's plots aren't even goofier?) It is worth buying just for the now out-of-print EMI/Angel 1972 (remastered in 1987) recording, contained on two very long-playing CDs, found inside the front and back covers of the book. The dialogue portions work better in this version than in most recordings. Anneliese Rothenberger is an appealing Pamina, and Walter Berry is a delightful Papageno. Edda Moser nails the difficult music of the Queen of Night, while Kurt Moll is our day's definitive Sarastro. Wolfgang Sawallisch, brisk and never lugubrious, conducts his soloists and the Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra with total certainty. [via]
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The Magic Flute Vocal Scoreby Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN 0486413853 (0-486-41385-3)
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Mastersingers of Nuremberg Die Meistersinger Von Nurnbergby Richard WagnerISBN 0714539619 (0-7145-3961-9)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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The Met: One Hundred Years of Grand Operaby Martin MayerISBN 0671470876 (0-671-47087-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The New Kobbe's Complete Opera Bookby Gustav Kobbe, George Henry Hubert Lascelles HarewoodISBN 0399116338 (0-399-11633-8)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Operaby Johannes JansenISBN 0764104381 (0-7641-0438-1)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Opera Offstage: Passion and Politics Behind the Great Operasby Milton BrenerISBN 0802713130 (0-8027-1313-0)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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Opera: The Basicsby Denise GalloISBN 0415970725 (0-415-97072-5)
Softcover, Routledge
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Opera: The Extravagant Artby Herbert LinderbergerISBN 0801494257 (0-8014-9425-7)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Opera's Second Deathby Slavoj Zizek, Mladen DolarISBN 0415930170 (0-415-93017-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Operas of Monteverdiby Claudio MonteverdiISBN 0714542075 (0-7145-4207-5)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Osmin's Rage: Philosophical Reflections on Opera, Drama, and Textby Peter KivyISBN 0801485894 (0-8014-8589-4)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Pavarotti: My Own Storyby Luciano PavarottiISBN 0446301795 (0-446-30179-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Pelleas Et Melisande in Full Scoreby Claude DebussyISBN 0486248259 (0-486-24825-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pelleas Et Melisande in Full Score'Book summary:The tragic tale of brothers who are in love with the same mysterious woman, Debussy's only opera is a perfect marriage of music and verse. The five-act lyric drama premiered in 1902. This volume, reprinted from the E. Fromont 1904 edition, reproduces the full orchestral-vocal score in a clear, modern engraving. [via]
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Peter Grimes. Gloriana. English National Opera Guide 24by Benjamin Britten, Nicholas JohnISBN 0714538566 (0-7145-3856-6)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Phantomby Susan KayISBN 0440211697 (0-440-21169-7)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phantom'Book summary:A child is born... His mother's only gift is a mask. Precocious and gifted, he will live friendless and alone. taunted and abused, he will flee, only to find himself caged again-as a freak in a Gypsy carnival. A brilliant outcast... the world is his home. Filled with bitter rage, he will kill to escape, becoming a stonemason's apprentice in Rome... a dark magician at the treacherous Persian court... and finally, the genius behind the construction of the Paris Opera House and the labyrinthine world below. Lacking one thing only: A woman's love. Cloaked in secrets, his power complete, he will see the exquisite Christine and for the first time know what it means to love. Obsessed, he will bring her into his eerie subterranean world, driven to posses her heart and soul. Phantom--A haunting story of power and darkness, of magic and murder, of sensuality and betrayal, and ultimately, the unforgettable story of a man and a woman and the eternal quality of love. [via]
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A Pitch of Philosophy: Autobiographical Exercisesby Stanley CavellISBN 0674669819 (0-674-66981-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Reading Operaby Arthur Groos, Roger ParkerISBN 0691027099 (0-691-02709-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Richard Wagner's the Ring of the Nibelungby Roy Thomas, Jim Woodring, Gil KaneISBN 0446393622 (0-446-39362-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Siegfried in Full Scoreby Richard WagnerISBN 0486244563 (0-486-24456-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Stage Works of Bela BartokISBN 071454194X (0-7145-4194-X)
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Stories of Famous Operasby Helene Adeline GuerberISBN 0722262558 (0-7222-6255-8)
Hardcover, Best Books
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Sutherland and Bonynge: An Intimate Biographyby Quaintance EatonISBN 0396089453 (0-396-08945-3)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Toscaby Nicholas JohnISBN 0714537721 (0-7145-3772-1)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tosca'Book summary:Here is one of Puccini's greatest hits, in an affordable version for complete orchestra. This story of love, art and death in Rome during the Napoleonic wars is today considered a classic for such arias as "Vissi d'arte" (I lived for art; I lived for love), but at its premiere in 1900 it was denounced as "a shabby little shocker," for things like Baron Scarpia's lechery and Tosca's termination of him with extreme prejudice. Be aware that Dover's scores are reprints from other companies that are now out of copyright; that means that they're older versions, and lack such amenities as English translations. [via]
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Tosca in Full Scoreby Giacomo PucciniISBN 048626937X (0-486-26937-X)
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Turandotby Giacomo PucciniISBN 0714540390 (0-7145-4039-0)
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Twenty-Six Italian Songs and Arias: For Medium High Voiceby John Glenn PatonISBN 0739000136 (0-7390-0013-6)
Softcover, Alfred Pub Co
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The Valkyrie Die Walkureby Richard WagnerISBN 0714540196 (0-7145-4019-6)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Verdi: A Documentary Studyby William WeaverISBN 0500011842 (0-500-01184-2)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Viking Opera Guideby Amanda Holden, Nicholas Kenyon, Stephen WalshISBN 0670812927 (0-670-81292-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Viking Opera Guide'Book summary:Detailed, revelatory, and monumental, this remarkable guide is organized alphabetically by composer and embraces operatic forms ranging from monodies and masques through grand, tragic, and comic operas to operettas, modern music dramas, and a host of evergreen musicals. Photos. [via]
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The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rightsby Russell FreedmanISBN 0618159762 (0-618-15976-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights'Book summary:"A voice like yours," celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto Marian Anderson, "is heard once in a hundred years." This insightful account of the great African American vocalist considers her life and musical career in the context of the history of civil rights in this country. Drawing on Anderson's own writings and other contemporary accounts, Russell Freedman shows readers a singer pursuing her art despite the social constraints that limited the careers of black performers in the 1920s and 1930s. Though not a crusader or a spokesperson by nature, Marian Anderson came to stand for all black artists-and for all Americans of color-when, with the help of such prominent figures as Eleanor Roosevelt, she gave her landmark 1939 performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, which signaled the end of segregation in the arts.[via]
Carefully researched, expertly told, and profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs, this Newbery Honor book is a moving account of the life of a talented and determined artist who left her mark on musical and social history. Through her story, one of today's leading authors of nonfiction for young readers illuminates the social and political climate of the day and an important chapter in American history. Notes, bibliography, discography, index.More editions of The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights:
W.A. Mozart: Die Zauberfloteby Peter BranscombeISBN 0521319161 (0-521-31916-1)
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W.A. Mozart: Idomeneoby Julian RushtonISBN 0521437415 (0-521-43741-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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W.A. Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaroby Tim CarterISBN 0521316065 (0-521-31606-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Wagnerby Robert L. JacobsISBN 0460021508 (0-460-02150-8)
Hardcover, Dent
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Wagner and Aeschylus: The Ring and the Oresteiaby Michael EwansISBN 0521250730 (0-521-25073-0)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Wagners: The Dramas of a Musical Dynastyby Nike Wagner, Ewald Osers, Michael DownesISBN 069108811X (0-691-08811-X)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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When Divas Confess : Master Opera Singers in Their Leading Rolesby Marcia Lieberman, Paul Griffiths, Perry LorenzoISBN 0789302594 (0-7893-0259-4)
Softcover, Universe Publishing
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The Wordsworth A-Z of Opera: Who's Who and What's What in the Operatic Worldby Mary HamiltonISBN 0788191624 (0-7881-9162-4)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Gotterdammerung in Full Scoreby Richard WagnerISBN 0486242501 (0-486-24250-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gotterdammerung in Full Score'Book summary:Richard Wagner had the idea of writing an opera on the death of the Teutonic ur-hero Siegfried. Then he decided to add some additional material, and the project grew and grew to become the four-opera, 16-hour Ring des Nibelungen, one of the most astonishing accomplishments in all of western civilization. Gotterdammerung (The Twilight of the Gods) is the last and most amazing of the four operas of the cycle, as Wagner brings down the world of the gods and heroes in fire and water. What he accomplishes with his orchestral writing is nothing short of astonishing--and you can see how he does it by following along with this full orchestral score from Dover. Dover scores, reprints of out-of-copyright editions from other publishers, are entirely lacking in frills, and they're not that helpful to singers who need to learn a role. But inexpensive Dover scores may be a Wagnerite's best friend (after the Solti recording of the Ring!), whether you're new to the Ring or an old hand. [via]
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The Magic Flute: Vocal Scoreby Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN 0793507669 (0-7935-0766-9)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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