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245 14 a| The magic of the opera :b| a picture memoir of the Metropolitan /c| with a series of contemporary photographs by Gjon Mil ; text by Mary Ellis Peltz ; design by Tina S. Fredericks.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. :b| In cooperation with the Metropolitan Opera Association,c| 1960.;

300 a| 172 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 30 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Books that matter;

500 a| Includes index.;

505 0 a| A new house for opera -- The dawn of a golden age -- The reign of Gatti-Casazza -- Transition and triumph -- The glittering present -- Magic in the making -- The great moments -- Between the acts -- New perspectives -- Curtain call.;

520 a| "Soon the venerable Metropolitan Opera House, scene of some of the world's greatest musical triumphs, will give way to a new and more modern building. But within these pages its grandeur and traditions, its elegance--and its musical heritage--are forever preserved. To a large extent, the history of the Metropolitan is the history of opera in America. The glories and the tragedies, the facts and the legends--and the occasional scandals--connected with this fascinating history are here vividly recreated in a wealth of magnificent photographs and drawings (including six full-color pages). But this book is far more than a pictorial record of the past. Indeed, it is up-to-the-minute as Birgit Nilsson's recent spectacular Metropolitan debut. In 72 superb new photographs by the distinguished photographer Gjon Mili--photographs shot on stage during actual performances, backstage, and in every nostalgic nook and cranny of the grand old house--the magic world of opera in America today is brought to life with power and beauty. The Magic of the Opera begins with the Metropolitan's glittering inaugural performance in 1883, when New York's society flocked to the new opera house to hear an earlier Nilsson, Christine, sing the role of Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. Through rare old photographs and drawings, combined with affectionate and informative text written by one of the country's best-known opera historians, the other bygone eras of the Metropolitan are then recalled: the famous war between German and Italian opera which reached a climax in 1891; the Golden Age of the 1890's, when the production of Aida had an opulence all its own, and when such imperious stars as Melba and Sembrich and the De Reszke brothers cast their spells over an adoring public; the fabulous years of Maestro Toscanini, the legendary Caruso, Geraldine Farrar--and the irrepressible Gatti-Casazza, who, though he did not speak fluent English, was the first to present American opera and to develop the American singer; and the period spanning the war years, when Edward Johnson's productions of Mozart and Wagner enjoyed the widest popular acclaim. The modern Metropolitan of the Bing era, when the works of Alban Berg and Samuel Barber share the stage with such favorites as Verdi and Puccini, is revealed in page after page of never-before-published photographs by Mili. His remarkable artistry has captured the dramatic highlights from more than a dozen current Metropolitan productions, and he has gone behind the great golden curtain to observe the complex task of blending music, drama, dance, and design to produce operatic perfection. As a memoir of a great opera house, The Magic of the Opera is a book to be treasured by all who have attended the Metropolitan's performances in New York or on tour, and by the increasing millions who thrill to its Saturday afternoon broadcasts."--Dust jacket.;

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The magic of the opera : a picture memoir of the Metropolitan / with a series of contemporary photographs by Gjon Mil ; text by Mary Ellis Peltz ; design by Tina S. Fredericks.

Author/creator	Peltz, Mary Ellis
Other author	Mili, Gjon, 1904-1984, photographer.
Other author	Fredericks, Tina S., designer.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York, NY : Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. : In cooperation with the Metropolitan Opera Association, 1960.
Description	172 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Subjects	Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)--History. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works. Opera--New York (State). --New York.

Series	Books that matter Books that matter. ^A910237
Contents	A new house for opera -- The dawn of a golden age -- The reign of Gatti-Casazza -- Transition and triumph -- The glittering present -- Magic in the making -- The great moments -- Between the acts -- New perspectives -- Curtain call.
Abstract	"Soon the venerable Metropolitan Opera House, scene of some of the world's greatest musical triumphs, will give way to a new and more modern building. But within these pages its grandeur and traditions, its elegance--and its musical heritage--are forever preserved. To a large extent, the history of the Metropolitan is the history of opera in America. The glories and the tragedies, the facts and the legends--and the occasional scandals--connected with this fascinating history are here vividly recreated in a wealth of magnificent photographs and drawings (including six full-color pages). But this book is far more than a pictorial record of the past. Indeed, it is up-to-the-minute as Birgit Nilsson's recent spectacular Metropolitan debut. In 72 superb new photographs by the distinguished photographer Gjon Mili--photographs shot on stage during actual performances, backstage, and in every nostalgic nook and cranny of the grand old house--the magic world of opera in America today is brought to life with power and beauty. The Magic of the Opera begins with the Metropolitan's glittering inaugural performance in 1883, when New York's society flocked to the new opera house to hear an earlier Nilsson, Christine, sing the role of Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. Through rare old photographs and drawings, combined with affectionate and informative text written by one of the country's best-known opera historians, the other bygone eras of the Metropolitan are then recalled: the famous war between German and Italian opera which reached a climax in 1891; the Golden Age of the 1890's, when the production of Aida had an opulence all its own, and when such imperious stars as Melba and Sembrich and the De Reszke brothers cast their spells over an adoring public; the fabulous years of Maestro Toscanini, the legendary Caruso, Geraldine Farrar--and the irrepressible Gatti-Casazza, who, though he did not speak fluent English, was the first to present American opera and to develop the American singer; and the period spanning the war years, when Edward Johnson's productions of Mozart and Wagner enjoyed the widest popular acclaim. The modern Metropolitan of the Bing era, when the works of Alban Berg and Samuel Barber share the stage with such favorites as Verdi and Puccini, is revealed in page after page of never-before-published photographs by Mili. His remarkable artistry has captured the dramatic highlights from more than a dozen current Metropolitan productions, and he has gone behind the great golden curtain to observe the complex task of blending music, drama, dance, and design to produce operatic perfection. As a memoir of a great opera house, The Magic of the Opera is a book to be treasured by all who have attended the Metropolitan's performances in New York or on tour, and by the increasing millions who thrill to its Saturday afternoon broadcasts."--Dust jacket.
Local note	Little-348473--305131031950V
General note	Includes index.
LCCN	60009011

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