When Divas Confess: Master Opera Singers in Their Leading Roles
Lieberman, Marcia; Griffiths, Paul
Language: English
Published by Universe Publishing, 1999
- First Edition
- Softcover
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First printing (complete number line) large softcover with excellent, unmarked pages and VG+ exterior (slight wear, slight handling). 159 pages, with color portrait close-up photographs of the faces of opera singers in make-up. [1.7 lbs].
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- Title
- When Divas Confess: Master Opera Singers in Their Leading Roles
- Author
- Lieberman, Marcia; Griffiths, Paul
- Publisher
- Universe Publishing
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0789302594
- ISBN 13
- 9780789302595
- Edition
- First Edition.
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Granted access to the dressing rooms of some of the world's most revered opera performers, including Plácido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, and Renée Fleming, Lieberman seeks images that shed light on the mystique--and on the process of transformation--of an operatic performer. Drawing on the great recurring archetypes--among them the Tyrant, the Magician, the Hero, and the Deceiver--Lieberman invites each opera star to expound on the notions of character and transformation, posing for her camera in full costume and makeup, during stolen moments between acts or just before the curtain goes up at actual performances. Accompanying Lieberman's compelling photographs are insightful and engaging texts by renowned music historian Paul Griffiths, who explores the origins of these operatic characters and the different types of musical sensibilities that inform them.
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About the Author
Paul Griffiths was born in Bridgend, Wales, in 1947. He studied biochemistry at Oxford and was chief music critic of The Times of London from 1982 to 1992. Since that time, he has written for the New Yorker and the New York Times. His first book, A Concise History of Modern Music, was published in 1978, and has been followed by several other musical studies. Among his fictional works are three novels--Myself and Marco Polo, The Lay of Sir Tristram, and a pale hope I--and several librettos, including The Jewel Box (for Mozart), Marco Polo (for Tan Dun), and What Next? (for Elliot Carter).
Perry Lorenzo is the director of education for Seattle Opera. He teaches at Seattle University and lectures frequently on opera in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany.
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