Scotto : more than a diva / by Renata Scotto and Octavio Roca.
| Author/creator | Scotto, Renata |
| Other author | Roca, Octavio, 1949- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1984. |
| Description | xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / by Placido Domingo -- Growing up to Violetta -- All those nice girls, and Manon -- Sleepwalking with Malibran -- Lucia and the wedding feast -- From Milan to Moscow with La Scala -- Opera is Verdi -- Madama Butterfly and the Bing bondage -- I vespri Callasiani -- A Met homecoming -- Puccini -- Words and music -- Sediziose voci -- Scotto -- Select list of performances on videotape. |
| Abstract | When describing Renata Scotto, one need rely solely on superlatives. "The greatest singing actress in the world," acclaims the Washington Post. "Her phrasing has no equal," declares the New York Times. "A singer of extreme refinement," hails The New Yorker. As a supreme Verdi interpreter, bel canto specialist, and prima donna assoluta of the verismo repertoire, Renata Scotto is one of today's foremost singers. As her candid memoirs prove, she also is an independent woman who has challenged tradition and has earned the freedom to be herself--more than a diva. She is the child who once sang for candy in her native, war-torn Italy. She is the twelve-year-old mesmerized by Tito Gobbi's voice. She is the confident teenager who debuts at La Scala and takes fifteen curtain calls. She is the young understudy who replaces Maria Callas one fateful night in Edinburgh and becomes an international sensation. She is the consummate artist who makes audiences understand that every word counts. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 82045305 |
| ISBN | 038518039X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML420.S435 A3 1984 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |