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1) Pavarotti
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Academy Award winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of the Voice, the Man, the Legend. Luciano Pavarotti gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. This cinematic event features history-making performances and intimate interviews, including never-before-seen footage and cutting-edge Dolby Atmos technology. A riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people." --
Author
Publisher
Amadeus Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Almost forty years after his premature death, the mystique of Mario Lanza continues: he remains a legendary figure, a crossover icon embraced by an entire generation for bridging the gap between popular and classical music.
Roland Bessette's research into Lanza's career includes recollections by his fellow performers and documents business transactions that show how badly Lanza was served by many of his advisors. With a novelist's eye for detail....
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[ 2015]
Language
English
Description
"Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to reach international fame as a concert performer and one of the few artists who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, and Covent Garden. His trailblazing career carved the way for a host of African American artists, including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson. Performing the African American spirituals he was raised...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In the world of opera, no figure in modern times loomed larger than the late Luciano Pavarotti, especially in his triumphant collaborations with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras as the Three Tenors. Pavarotti captured the imagination of audiences around the world. In this memoir, the Grammy-award winning legend shares both the fortunate and the regrettable events that marked his life, including his forays into popular music, his performances in China,...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
John Potter begins by surveying the prehistory of the tenor in the medieval period, when Gregorian chant and early polyphony had implications for a voice-type, and proceeds to the sixteenth century, when singers were first identified as tenors. He focuses on many of the greatest tenors-- those who predated the gramophone as well as those whose recorded voices may still be heard--and considers the ways in which each is historically significant. The...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Never before has there been a tenor who stood out more from the crowd of his contemporaries than Luciano Pavarotti. With over 100 million albums sold in nearly 100 countries, Pavarotti remains the most successful classical artist in the history of the recording industry.
18) Plácido Domingo
Author
Publisher
Northeastern University Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A tireless performer, conductor, and ambassador for opera, Placido Domingo is one of today's greatest and most popular tenors. His remarkably diverse and challenging repertoire includes opera, operattas, musicals, Spanish and Mexican folk songs, and popular tunes. This intriuguing biography focuses on Domingo's accomplishments over the past ten years, offering a fascinating portrait of the artist against the backdrop of the contemporary music scene....
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