Joseph Hislop : gran tenore / Michael T.R.B. Turnbull.
| Author/creator | Turnbull, Michael, 1941- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, Hants, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, ©1992. |
| Description | ix, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / by John Steane -- I. The rising star (1884-1920). Starting to sing (1884-1911) ; With the Swedish Royal Opera (1913-1919) ; Italian and British debuts (1919-1920) -- II. Gran tenore (1920-1934). Opera (1920-1921): London, Chicago, New York ; Opera (1922-1925): Winning golden opinions ; Opera (1925-1937): 'You sang like a god yesterday' ; Opera tours (1921-1933) ; Individual recitals (1921-1941) ; Concert tours (1920-1923) ; Recital tours (1924-1930) ; Recital tours (1931-1934) -- III. New directions (1929-1977). Film and light opera (1929-1934) ; Teaching in Sweden (1934-1947) ; Teaching in the UK and retirement (1947-1977) -- Appendix 1. Stage roles (1914-1937) ; Appendix 2. Opera house debuts ; Appendix 3. Concert repertoire ; Appendix 4. Discography. |
| Abstract | A biography of Joseph Hislop (1884-1977) Britain's finest international operative tenor in the golden age of singing. This biography shows how Hislop, though a leading artist, was neglected in this country: he had to go abroad to be discovered and he was eventually knighted by the Kings of Sweden and Denmark. As well as being a distinguished tenor who appeared in most of the great opera houses of the world including La Scala, Milan, Hislop had another career as a successful professor of singing, teaching Birgit Nilsson and Jussi Bjorling in Sweden, in addition to a host of British singers while attached to the Royal Opera House and Sadlers Wells. The author offers a study of the British operatic world in the 20s and 30s as it affected the singers themselves, and his narrative is full of inside stories and humorous anecdotes from the world of opera. The biography also contains the first complete Hislop discography, compiled in conjunction with Alan Delly and Boris Semeonoff. |
| Bibliography note | Discography: pages 220-233. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index. |
| LCCN | 92014333 |
| ISBN | 0859678938 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML420.H48 T87 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |