Fifty-five years in five acts : my life in opera /
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| Author / Creator: | Varnay, Astrid. |
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| Uniform title: | Hab mir's gelobt. English |
| Imprint: | Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2000. |
| Description: | xx, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4356100 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prelude: From the Subway to the Stage
- Act 1. The Family Business
- Scene 1. A Gleam in His Eye
- Scene 2. A Crib Full of Violets
- Scene 3. A Nation Reborn
- Scene 4. From Strength to Strength
- Scene 5. New Worlds to Conquer
- Scene 6. Amonasro's Arrogance
- Scene 7. The Basics
- Scene 8. A Meaningful Encounter
- Scene 9. The Story behind the Story
- Scene 10. Good for a Laugh
- Act 2. The Early Career
- Scene 1. Walhalla on the Hudson
- Scene 2. Alliances
- Scene 3. Dependent and Independent Women
- Scene 4. The Father of Twentieth-Century Opera
- Scene 5. Perils and Problems
- Scene 6. Shoulda Gotta Horse
- Scene 7. Going International
- Scene 8. The Seeds of Slander
- Scene 9. Art Is What Matters Here
- Scene 10. Commuting across the Atlantic
- Act 3. Branching Out
- Scene 1. "Allein? Nein!"
- Scene 2. The High Plateau
- Scene 3. Keeping the Drama Alive
- Scene 4. Where, Oh Where Has My Winter Coat Gone?
- Scene 5. Three Brunnhildes, No Waiting
- Scene 6. Mending the Rift
- Scene 7. The Spice of Life
- Scene 4. Crossing the Rubicon
- Act 4. The Second Career
- Scene 1. There Is a Season
- Scene 2. Out of the Dust
- Scene 3. Loved Her ... Hated Her!
- Scene 4. You Can Go Home Again
- Scene 5. A Tray Full of Tradition
- Scene 6. Life among the Electrons
- Scene 7. Off My Beaten Track
- Scene 8. Medals and Cameos
- Scene 9. Silencing the Heavy Artillery
- Act 5. Looking Ahead
- Scene 1. Nursing the Tsar
- Scene 2. Growing Pains
- Scene 3. On the Home Front
- Scene 4. Why?
- Scene 5. Some Practical Precepts in Parting
- Repertoire
- Discography
- Index