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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Alan Jefferson.
| Author/creator | Jefferson, Alan |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1996. |
| Description | 285 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Upbringing in the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich (1915-1938) -- Opera singer in Berlin (1938-1940) -- Rising star (1940-1942) -- Opera, cinema and adversity (1942-1943) -- Vienna, sweet and sour (1943-1945) -- Red soldiers and red tape (1945-1946) -- Walter Legge -- Part II. The great partnerships (1946-1948) -- Covent Garden, London (1948-1950) -- Callas, Wagner and Karajan (1951) -- Stravinsky, Tippett and Karajan (1951-1953) -- Herbert von Karajan supreme (1953-1954) -- Recordings (1955-1959) -- Consolidation (1959-1964) -- Part III. After Karajan (1964-1968) -- Diminuendo (1968-1979) -- After Walter Legge -- Part IV. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: opera singer (1938-1970) -- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Lieder singer (1941-1979) -- Appendix A. Schwarzkopf's performances in chronological order ; Appendix B. Schwarzkopf's roles for the Deutsche Oper ; Appendix C. Die Gottbegnadete Liste. |
| Abstract | Internationally renowned as the finest Mozart and Strauss soprano since World War II, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was a preeminent performer in both opera and Lieder for three decades. She is as popular today as when she gave her farewell recital in 1979; Schwarzkopf's master classes have been televised, and she remains one of EMI's best-selling recording artists. In this first full-length biography, Alan Jefferson illuminates Schwarzkopf's remarkable life and career, analyzing in fascinating detail her skillful and distinguished performances on the opera stage and in the recording studio. Jefferson examines her unique vocal and interpretative gifts, although acknowledging that charges of artifice and mannerism leveled at her by some critics are not without merit. He draws on extensive research and archival documentation, including the Nazi Party's two-thousand-page file on Schwarzkopf, to explore her tenure as a soloist at the Deutsches Opernhaus in Berlin during Hitler's regime as well as her active and willing involvement in the Nazi Party. Jefferson also provides a revealing discussion of Schwarzkopf's complex partnership with and marriage to the maverick impresario and record producer Walter Legge. He considers her working relationships with Europe's leading conductors, including Wilhelm Furtwangler, Victor de Sabata, Karl Bohm, and, in particular, Herbert von Karajan, whose influence on Schwarzkopf's operatic career was not always beneficial. |
| Local note | Little-301547--305131007337X |
| General note | Published in Great Britain in 1995 by Victor Gollancz, London. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index. |
| LCCN | 95026362 |
| ISBN | 1555532721 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML420.S4 J44 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |