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  • Giacomo Puccini

    by Wakeling Dry ...
    A big broad man, with a frank open countenance, dark kindly eyes of a lazy lustrous depth, and a shy retiring manner. Such is Giacomo Puccini, who is operatically the man of the moment. It was behind the scenes during the autumn season of opera at Covent Garden in 1905 that I had the privilege of first meeting and talking with him, and about the last thing I could extract from him was anything ... Read more

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  • Giacomo Puccini

    Unveiling Puccini's Operatic Mastery: A Scholarly Exploration

    by Wakeling Dry ...
    In "Giacomo Puccini," Wakeling Dry delivers a meticulously crafted exploration of the life and music of one of opera's most celebrated composers. The book deftly employs a narrative style that intertwines biographical analysis with critical examination of Puccini's major works, such as "La Bohème" and "Tosca," offering readers insight into the emotional depth and innovative techniques that ... Read more

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    Giacomo Puccini (Unabridged)

    by WAKELING DRY ...
    Narrated by Tina Oliver ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 11 min

    This biography of Puccini was written while the composer was at the height of his career. Besides the usual biographical information, the author summarizes and discusses Puccini's works to this point, including Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly . ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Opera

    by Richard Alexander Streatfeild ...
    A fascinating look at the history and development of opera as an art form, looking at many famous examples. ... Read more

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  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    A Short Guide to a Great Opera

    by Michael Steen ...
    Series series Great Operas
    With a wealth of famous tunes and meticulous characterisation, Don Giovanni is an undisputed masterpiece created by Mozart out of a thread-bare fairground gig. The Don – for whom both sexes have a sneaking admiration – gatecrashes proceedings, serenading and seducing as he goes. As wily as he is insatiable, he outclasses all who are out to get him, including a jealous bumpkin and the down-at-heel ... Read more

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  • Verdi

    by Julian Budden ...
    Series series Composers Across Cultures
    In this third edition of the classic Verdi, renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy, whose cause he had done much to promote, and demonstrating the gradual enlargement over the years of his artistic vision. This concise study is an accessible, ... Read more

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  • Puccini: His Life and Music

    by Julian Haylock ...
    Puccini is one of the most beloved of all opera composers La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot play to packed opera houses the world over. In his lifetime he achieved an international celebrity accorded to only a few, yet the critics were rarely impressed. He was nevertheless a creative artist of profound sensitivity and dramatic flair who developed a unique form of free-flowing opera ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Bernard Shaw on Music

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    Series series The Critical Shaw
    A collection of critical writings on music from the Nobel Prize–winning playwright behind Saint Joan and Man and Superman.The Critical Shaw: On Music is a comprehensive selection of renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate Bernard Shaw's extensive writings on a wide range of musical topics. Still recognized as one of Great Britain's most important music critics, Shaw enriched London's musical ... Read more

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  • Mozart's Don Giovanni - Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series

    by Burton D. Fisher ...
    A comprehensive guide that includes Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's in depth and insightful Commentary and Analysis. ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • Puccini's La Bohème

    A Short Guide to a Great Opera

    by Michael Steen ...
    Series series Great Operas
    Puccini's obsession with detail ensured the success of La Bohème, his opera about the impoverished 'artistes' in Paris in the 1830s. Soon after its première, people started calling their baby daughters Mimi. The story of this seamstress, her hectic but fraught love affair with the poet Rodolfo and her tragic death from consumption (tuberculosis), never fail to touch the audience. Che gelida manina ... Read more

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  • The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera

    New Edition

    by Rupert Christiansen ...
    This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Adès and George Benjamin.Whether you are a first-timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian, every opera-goer can benefit from a little background ... Read more

    $11.89 USD