Quotable Opera: Aria Ready for a Laugh? (Quotable Books) - Softcover

 
9780920151549: Quotable Opera: Aria Ready for a Laugh? (Quotable Books)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 092015154X ISBN 13: 9780920151549
Verlag: Sound And Vision Publishing Ltd ,Canada, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

What they said when they were not singing.

Here are hundreds of quotes that highlight the wit, wisdom and lunacy of the opera world. Luminaries Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Caruso, Ruffo, Chaliapin, Melba, Sills, Callas, Toscanini, Beecham and other more recent personalities have had lots to say about opera, themselves and each other.

There are venomous quotes from critics and emotional outbursts by performers and listeners. One hapless society matron tried complimenting soprano Eileen Farrell at a reception in her honor with "My dear, you reminded me so much of Kate Smith." The comparison so rattled the diva Farrell that she blurted out, "Well, kiss my ass!" and stormed out.

Austrian conductor Franz Schalk is noted for the most emblematic words about opera life: "Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."

This book will be a delight for aficionados of opera.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steve and Nancy Tanner are serious opera fanatics.

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Verlag
Sound And Vision Publishing Ltd ,Canada
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
092015154X
ISBN 13 
9780920151549
Einband
Taschenbuch
Zeichner
Tccola Umberto
Anzahl der Seiten
136
Herausgeber
Tanner Stephen, Tanner Nancy
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