Last Prima Donnas (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. moderate cover soil, prev owners inscription inside front cover.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1250grams, ISBN:0394521536.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. First Edition; Second Printing. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows light shelving wear along bottom edge of the boards; a touch of dampstain to the bottom of the front hinge and heel of the backstrip; some coffee-like stains to the rear endpapers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Close to 'As New'. The DJ shows faint toning to the white background fields of the interior flaps; else flawlesss; the price is unclipped; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.5 x 1.65 inches) . Liberally Illustrated with duotone portrait photographs. Language: English. Weight: 39.6 ounces. Black quarter cloth boards with gilt titles and designs at the front panel and backstrip. First Edition (1982) , Second Printing (1984). Hardback with DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvii, 635 pages pages. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 634 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Music; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0879100400. ISBN/EAN: 9780879100407. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 34426. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Interviews with fifty-six great operatic divas of the twentieth century illuminate their lives, their art, and the world of modern opera Creasing on covers and edgewear. Tanning on front and back pages. Pen inscription on inner cover. Stain on last page and slight damage to inner back cover. Edge wear on fore-edge. Slight foxing on pages and ex-library stamps. Illus. With Photos (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A substantial and authoritative work of operatic history, The Last Prima Donnas brings together fifty-six extended interviews with the great female singers who defined opera from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth. Drawing on decades of personal conversations, Lanfranco Rasponi captures not only vocal technique and repertory, but also the lived experience of operatic careers shaped by war, shifting tastes, and the changing structures of the opera world. Organized thematically - dramatic voices, coloraturas, Wagnerians, verismo interpreters, and late bloomers - the book offers an unusually broad portrait of the art form through first-person recollection. Figures such as Maria Callas, Kirsten Flagstad, Renata Tebaldi, Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Höngen, and many others speak candidly about training, collaborations with legendary conductors, and the emotional demands of performance at the highest level. Illustrated throughout with striking black-and-white photographs, this first edition stands as both an important reference work and a deeply human record of a vanished operatic era, appealing equally to opera scholars, collectors, and serious enthusiasts. Lanfranco Rasponi (1925-2007) was an Italian-born opera critic, journalist, and historian whose writing appeared in Opera News, The New York Times, and major international publications. Known for his rare personal access to singers and conductors, Rasponi specialized in preserving first-hand accounts of operatic life, making his works essential sources for twentieth-century opera history.…

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Blue wrappers. Fading on the spine, some creasing, and an abrasion from sticker removal on the front wrapper thus very good with publisher's material laid in.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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