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Named one of the Best Music Books of 2010 by The Independent
Living Opera
Joshua Jampol
352 pages
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20 Photographs
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235x156mm
978-0-19-989627-1
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Paperback
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24 May 2012
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- Gives a vivid sense of the lively personalities, human qualities, and backgrounds of the world's favorite opera stars
- Offers a behind-the-scenes look at all aspects of operatic work, from costuming to acoustics
- Perfect gift book for all opera fans
Selected as one of the Best Music Books of 2010 by The Independent, here is a wonderful collection of 20 wide-ranging interviews with the preeminent opera singers, conductors, and directors working on and behind the stage today. Joshua Jampol invites opera-lovers to listen in as performers speak in frank terms about their strengths and weaknesses, conductors discuss the state of contemporary opera, and directors talk through the complexities involved in staging a successful production. Jampol has unprecedented access and the table of contents reads like a "who's who" of the global opera world, featuring Fleming, Domingo, Ramey, Villazon, Dessay, Conlon, Salonen, Nagano, Boulez,
Carsen, Chéreau, and more. Each interview highlights a distinctive voice speaking about his or her career path, first break, colleagues, major influences, audiences, critics, and all the diverse professions making up the emotional and extravagant world of the lyric arts. Jampol brings immense knowledge and a wonderful flair to these conversations, allowing his subjects to follow their thoughts wherever they lead, and revealing in the process a more intimate, reflective side of this constellation of operatic stars.Readership: Living Opera will appeal primarily to opera buffs and fans, and opera and voice students will also find it a must-have. It will have strong appeal amongst professional singers, classical
musicians generally (including stage directors, conductors), and scholars of opera studies, diva studies, performance studies, and musicology generally.
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Joshua Jampol Joshua Jampol is a freelance journalist and regular contributor to the "Ear for Opera" series in the International Herald Tribune. He also writes for CNBC Business Magazine and has written for Time and The Guardian (London). He lives in Paris.
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Acknowledgements
Preface
Pierre Boulez, or "The Incorruptible"
Robert Carsen, or building the bridge between head and heart
Patrice Chéreau, or truth, opera and the director: in Wagner's footsteps
William Christie, or going for baroque
James Conlon, or surrendering your soul
Natalie Dessay, or healing the sick voice
Joyce DiDonato, or the wider connection
Plácido Domingo, or Olympics for the voice
Renée Fleming, or balancing on the high wire
Ferruccio Furlanetto, or functioning as a filter
Kasper Bech Holten, or the emotional fitness center
Simon Keenlyside, or a workingman talks about traffic control
Waltraud Meier, or the sweatshirt must fit
Heidi Grant Murphy, or sopranoed - with children
Kent Nagano, or remaining relevant
Seiji Ozawa, or the art of managing the orchestra
Samuel Ramey, or the lion at twilight
Esa-Pekka Salonen, or new opera and festival opera
Jose Van Dam, or humility, the elite and the caddies
Rolando Villazón, or the paradox of the performer
Index
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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