Opera for Beginners (Writers and Readers Documentary Comic Book, Band 72) - Softcover

David, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863160867 ISBN 13: 9780863160868

Verlag: Writers and Readers Ltd, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Opera For Beginners is a humorous, irreverent little book that starts with the radical assumption that Opera is just plain ol' music. Not snob music. Not uppity music. Gettin' down music! Italian Rock'n'roll, R&B Gospel, let-it-all-hang-out music. "If you must know the truth," David writes, "in Detroit where I grew up, there weren't a lot of Opera houses. I was brought up on Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Elvis the Pelvis, the Drifters, Platters, Ella, Sinatra, Miles, Coltrane, Mahalia, Beatles, Stones, Aretha ... in other words ... Real music! Which is why I'm the perfect person to introduce you to Opera."
The book builds from the similarity between specific Opera singers and "normal" singers (e.g., Maria Callas/Billie Holiday; Caruso/Mahalia Jackson; Benjamino Gigli/Smokey Robinson), points out the essentially Operatic styles of many pop singers, and the profound similarity between Opera and Gospel singing. (It's no accident that African-American sopranos are singing in Opera houses all over the world!)
Opera For Beginners explains the differences between Italian and German Opera - it's more than just the language - and why you don't have to understand Italian, German, French or Rap to enjoy Opera.
David's enthusiasm and wit are sure to entice many Opera-haters to give Opera a chance. And Paul Gordon's spot-on cartoons illustrate the text, carry on dialogues with it, wisecrack it, create stories alongside it, sprinkle it lavishly with motifs...enough!

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Writers and Readers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0863160867
• ISBN 13: 9780863160868
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Gordon Paul
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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