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245 14 a| The great tenor tragedy :b| the last days of Adolphe Nourrit /c| as told (mostly) by himself ; edited, annotated, and with an introduction and epilogue by Henry Pleasants ; translations by Henry and Richard R. Pleasants.;

300 a| xi, 179 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 19 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index.;

505 0 a| Preface -- Introduction -- France: Withdrawal from the Opéra and provincial tour -- Italy: Turin, Genoa, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples -- Italy: The student (Donizetti and the preparation of Poliuto) -- Italy: The artist (Success, failure, success, disappointment, despair, disaster) -- Epilogue. Riddle me this -- Postscripts. Diagnosis in retrospect ; Nourrit as others saw and heard him ; The three tenors of the 1830s.;

520 a| In 1839, four days after his thirty-seventh birthday, a great artist leapt to his death from the roof of an apartment building in Naples. So ended the life of Adolphe Nourrit, reigning tenor of the Paris Opéra for thriteen years, pupil of the elder García, poet, and the singing actor who almost single-handedly created a repertoire for the dramatic tenor. Nourrit was the first Arnold (in Rossini's William Tell), Éléazar (in Halévy's La Juive), and Raoul (in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots). Liszt, Rossini, and Donizetti were among his friends, and Chopin played the organ at a memorial service in Marseilles. The author recounts Nourrit's appalling personal tragedy, played out against the backdrop of operatic life in early nineteenth-century France and Italy. The events leading up to his suicide are told mostly in letters Nourrit wrote to his wife and friends in the last two years of his life. In 1837 a rival had appeared at the Opéra: Gilbert-Louis Duprez. Asked to share his lofty position and convinced that the new full-voiced singing style was no passing fashion, Nourrit left Paris for Italy to learn a new language and vocal technique. His eloquent letters describe his lessons with Donizetti in Naples, the tortuous path to his successful premiere as an Italian singer, rising doubts about the road he had taken, anxieties about the health of his voice, and finally, blackest despair. The author, who has been haunted by Nourrit's tale for more than two decades, calls this book the "love child" of his long career. A moving, authentic story, it has the power of fiction.;

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650 0 a| Tenors (Singers)z| Francev| Biography.=| ^A470284;

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The great tenor tragedy : the last days of Adolphe Nourrit / as told (mostly) by himself ; edited, annotated, and with an introduction and epilogue by Henry Pleasants ; translations by Henry and Richard R. Pleasants.

Author/creator	Nourrit, Adolphe
Other author	Pleasants, Henry.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Portland, OR : Amadeus Press, ©1995.
Description	xi, 179 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Subjects	Nourrit, Adolphe, 1802-1839--Last years. Nourrit, Adolphe, 1802-1839--Death and burial. Tenors (Singers)--France. --Biography.

Contents	Preface -- Introduction -- France: Withdrawal from the Opéra and provincial tour -- Italy: Turin, Genoa, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples -- Italy: The student (Donizetti and the preparation of Poliuto) -- Italy: The artist (Success, failure, success, disappointment, despair, disaster) -- Epilogue. Riddle me this -- Postscripts. Diagnosis in retrospect ; Nourrit as others saw and heard him ; The three tenors of the 1830s.
Abstract	In 1839, four days after his thirty-seventh birthday, a great artist leapt to his death from the roof of an apartment building in Naples. So ended the life of Adolphe Nourrit, reigning tenor of the Paris Opéra for thriteen years, pupil of the elder García, poet, and the singing actor who almost single-handedly created a repertoire for the dramatic tenor. Nourrit was the first Arnold (in Rossini's William Tell), Éléazar (in Halévy's La Juive), and Raoul (in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots). Liszt, Rossini, and Donizetti were among his friends, and Chopin played the organ at a memorial service in Marseilles. The author recounts Nourrit's appalling personal tragedy, played out against the backdrop of operatic life in early nineteenth-century France and Italy. The events leading up to his suicide are told mostly in letters Nourrit wrote to his wife and friends in the last two years of his life. In 1837 a rival had appeared at the Opéra: Gilbert-Louis Duprez. Asked to share his lofty position and convinced that the new full-voiced singing style was no passing fashion, Nourrit left Paris for Italy to learn a new language and vocal technique. His eloquent letters describe his lessons with Donizetti in Naples, the tortuous path to his successful premiere as an Italian singer, rising doubts about the road he had taken, anxieties about the health of his voice, and finally, blackest despair. The author, who has been haunted by Nourrit's tale for more than two decades, calls this book the "love child" of his long career. A moving, authentic story, it has the power of fiction.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index.
LCCN	94049112
ISBN	0931340896

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