"O ma Carmen": Bizet's Fateful Gypsy in Portrayals from 1875 to the Present
- Author: Villamil, Victoria Etnier
A fascinating and easy-to-read journey through the various productions and interpretations of the role...revealing and just a smidgen gossipy...an extraordinary amount of research...a good read... — More…
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$43.50Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. “What Is It?”
- 2. Breaking Away
- 3. North, South, East, West
- 4. Home Again
- 5. Emma Calvé and the New Realism
- 6. More Than the Singing
- 7. Farrar, Film and Psychology
- 8. In the Time of Dictators
- 9. American Idyll
- 10. Sea Change
- 11. 100 and Counting
- 12. Game Change
- Appendix A. Alphabetical Listing of Singers Mentioned in the Text
- Appendix B. Chronology of Premieres and Significant Performances
- Appendix C. Discography
- Appendix D. Videography
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index