Nigel Douglas, one of the most versatile figures in international opera, has produced the perfect book for all lovers of this extravagant, enthralling art form. Ranging across several continents and as many centuries, this lavish volume begins with the prima donna and her male counterpart, examining the lives of some of opera’s most colorful performers. Douglas also provides lively commentary on the filming and recording of opera, controversial directors, venues both fabulous and not, the pleasures and pitfalls of the singing life, and those quintessentially operatic topics: drink and seduction. Boldly mixing musical history, biography, gossip, and anecdote, Nigel Douglas has brilliantly captured the pleasures of opera.

Joy of Opera

Arts & Photography

Douglas, Nigel

Music

Andre Deutsch

An account of the lives and careers of 14 of this century's greatest classical singers.

Legendary Voices

Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Many of the great operatic singers of the 20th century led lives as extraordinary as the characters they portrayed on stage. In this refreshingly readable survey, acclaimed tenor and BBC presenter Nigel Douglas assesses the lives and careers of 14 great singers, from Enrico Caruso to Kirsten Flagstad, from Lotte Lehmann to Fritz Wunderlich. The book provides anecdotes and recollections from those who knew them, and also recommends the best CDs of their work.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

More Legendary Voices, by Nigel Davis, 1994, first edition, published by Andre Deutsch Ltd., 327 pages, hardbound, with dust jacket.

More Legendary Voices

Nigel Douglas, the international tenor and well-known broadcaster, provides an authoritative and witty account of that most enthralling and extravagant of art forms - opera - from both sides of the curtain. Chapters on the phenomenon of the prima donna and her male counterpart examine the lives of some of opera's most colourful performers, ancient and modern, while those who rule the roost - in particular that controversial figure the 'innovative' director - do not escape the author's scrutiny. Ranging across several continents and as many centuries, The Joy of Opera explores such topics as the filming and recording of opera; venues, from the fabulous to the downright odd; the pleasures and pitfalls of the singing life; opera's more frivolous sister, operetta; and those quintessentially operatic matters, drink and seduction. A lavishly illustrated combination of musical history, biography, commentary and anecdote, The Joy of Opera will make fascinating reading for the uninitiated and the aficionado alike.

The Joy of Opera

An illustrated homage to the world of opera, which examines the lives of some of opera's most colourful performers, composers and directors, with coverage of topics such as the filming and recording of opera, great and obscure opera houses, and the pitfalls of the singing life.

An account of the lives and careers of 14 of the 20th century's greatest classical singers: Juissi Bjorling, Enrico Caruso, Giuseppe De Luca; Kirsten Flagstad, Tito Gobbi, Alexander Kipnis, Lotte Lehmann, Alfren Piccaver, Ezio Pinza, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Luisa Tetrazzini, Eva Turner, Fritz Wunderlich.

Limelight Editions

A follow-up to Nigel Douglas's popular and succesful Legendary Voices, this volume boasts twelve more singers, their private lives and public careers, plus critical comment on their recorded works. Once again his pantheon covers the full range of voices and the whole repertoire from Tosca to Tannhäuser, from Lieder to light operetta. Artists include Maria Callas, Feodor Chaliapin, Kathleen Ferrier, Beniamino Gigli, Maria Jeritza, John McCormack, Lauritz Melchior, Claudia Muzio, Titta Ruffo, Elisabeth Schumann, Conchita Supervia, and Richard Tauber.

More Legendary Voices (Limelight)

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Joy of Opera

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Joy of Opera

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