Emperors of Song: Three Great Impresarios - Hardcover

Stockdale, F.M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071955702X ISBN 13: 9780719557026

Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1998

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Book by Stockdale Freddie Stockdale F M

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Reseña del editor:

In the age of Verdi and Puccini, Wagner and Richard Strauss, opera in Britain and the USA was almost exclusively the preserve of individual private businessmen - the impresarios - who made (and lost) fortunes by personally employing the great stars of the day. Concentrating on the period 1860-1939, this book looks at the successes and disasters of such impresarios as "Colonel" James Mapleson, grandest and then most unlucky of showmen; and John Christie, whose love for his wife led to his building the largest private opera house since Bayreuth. Patti and Melba, Caruso and Tetrazzini - the legendary super-egos with jewels, parrots, castles and private investment accounts at Rothschilds - were the raw material these enterprising men tried to turn to gold.

Biografía del autor:

Freddie Stockdale founded Pavilion Opera, a small touring company, in 1981.

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• Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 071955702X
• ISBN 13: 9780719557026
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224