Leonard Warren: American Baritone (Amadeus) [Opera biography series, no. 13]
Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane ; foreword, Tony Randall; Barrett Crawford, Vivien Warren [association copy: Dr. David W. Marcus]
Language: English
Published by Amadeus Press, Portland, Or., 2000, 2003
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[1st ed., 1st printing] ; 471-[40] p. : illustrations ; 24 cm ISBN 9781574670530, 1574670530 OCLC 470264018 42002630 ; SIGNED presentation by authorPhillips-Matz on title page, to Clinical Neuropsychologist David W. Marcus, with his bookplate ; gold cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: From Russia to America -- A New York Way of Life -- Radio City Music Hall and the Rising Musical Star -- The Metropolitan Opera in Transition -- The Italian Experience -- A Novice at the Met -- Tending the Career -- Solid Ground -- Courtship and Marriage -- Star Status in South America -- The Struggle at Home -- he Waiting Game -- Art As a Work in Progress -- LeadingArtist Rank -- Ends and Beginnings 1949 1950 -- Living With Bing -- Honors in Italy and at Home -- A Better Image -- The Singing Artist -- The Career Ends 1959 1960 -- La forza del destino -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Discography by Barrett Crawford -- Chronology of Opera Performances by Barrett Crawford -- Leonard Warren Foundation -- Index of names ; The great baritone Leonard Warren was history's most notable interpreter of Verdi, making his mark in the title roles of Rigoletto, Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra. Warren's dramatic death over 40 years ago is famous: he collapsed and died onstage at the Met on March 4, 1960 in a performance as Carlo in La forza del destino. In this definitive biography, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, author of an acclaimed biography of Giuseppe Verdi, offers an intimate portrait of a beloved opera star, based on hundreds of interviews. More than 100 rare photographs capture Warren in his great roles as well as in private moments. ; Mary Jane Phillips-Matz is the author of Verdi: A Biography, Rosa Ponselle, American Diva, and other books about opera. A contributor to Opera News, Opera Quarterly, BBC Music Magazine and many other publications, she is also a cofounder and executive board member of the American Institute for Verdi Studies at New York University. For Verdi: A Biography, she won the Royal Philharmonic Society Award and the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. She lives in New York City.; FINE/FINE.…
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- Leonard Warren: American Baritone (Amadeus) [Opera biography series, no. 13]
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- Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane ; foreword, Tony Randall; Barrett Crawford, Vivien Warren [association copy: Dr. David W. Marcus]
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- Amadeus Press, Portland, Or., 2000
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- 2003
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