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Mad scenes and exit arias : the death of the New York City Opera and the future of opera in America Heidi Waleson
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks ML 28 .N3 N384 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waleson, Heidi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New York City Opera--History.
- Opera--United States--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
- Summary:
- From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt--and what it means for the future of the arts.-- Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The birth of the "people's opera"
- The Rudel years
- Beverly Sills takes over
- The inside choice: Christopher Keene
- The man from upstate: Paul Kellogg
- A turn for the worse
- The savior
- Salvation denied
- The man of steel
- Down the drain
- The aftermath
- Reinvention
- Coda: The resurrection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Forrest Performing Arts Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781627794978
- 1627794972
- 9781250230720
- 1250230721
- OCLC:
- 1020294992
- Publisher Number:
- 40028679178
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