A picture history of opera / by Philip Hope-Wallace ; in collaboration with Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson.
| Author/creator | Hope-Wallace, Philip |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [London] : Edward Hulton, 1959. |
| Description | 160 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Hulton's picture histories |
| Contents | The origins to Handel -- Gluck to Mozart -- The rise of German opera and Rossini -- The reign of Paris -- The Italian Romantics -- Wagner -- Opéra comique -- Nationalist opera -- Later Verdi and Puccini -- The twentieth century. |
| Abstract | "This is the most comprehensive pictorial history of opera to have appeared in a single volume. In ten sections is displayed with 363 illustrations the rise and development of opera from its seventeenth century beginnings right up to date. As far as possible the original productions or as near contemporary productions and singers have been depicted, and in many cases, the prints, paintings and photographs are reproduced here for the first time. Some of the lesser-known operas are strongly represented, and a fine selection has been secured from Russia. The record is of course of famous opera singers as well, and the book forms an unequalled album of portraits of the fabulous idols of successive generations; the 'Golden age' whose voices have been kept alive by early gramophone recordings, is particularly prominent."--Dust jacket. |
| Biographical note | "Philip Hope-Wallace, who has written the text and the extended captions, is well-known as the Manchester Guardian critic and as a broadcaster. The selection and arrangement of the pictures has been done by Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, who are unrivalled for their pictorial knowledge of opera and the theatre."--Dust jacket. |
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