Leonard Warren, American baritone / by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz ; foreword by Tony Randall ; discography and chronology by Barrett Crawford.
| Author/creator | Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Portland, OR : Amadeus Press, 2000. |
| Description | 471 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Opera biography series ; no. 13 Opera biography series ; no. 13. ^A267014 |
| Contents | Foreword / Tony Randall -- From Russia to America -- A New York way of life -- Radio City Music Hall and the rising musical star -- The Metropolitan Opera in transition -- The Italian experience -- A novice at the Met -- Tending the career -- Solid ground -- Courtship and marriage -- Star status in South America -- The struggle at home -- The waiting game -- Art as a work in progress -- Leading-artist rank -- Ends and beginnings: 1949-1950 -- Living with Bing -- Honors in Italy and at home -- A better image -- The singing artist -- The career ends: 1959-1960 -- La forza del destino -- Discography / Barrett Crawford -- Chronology of opera performances / Barrett Crawford. |
| Abstract | Leonard Warren, the great American baritone, was born on 21 April 1911 in New York City in the Bronx, the first of three children of parents who came from Russia. A descendant of three generations of furriers, Warren turned his back on his family's trade and began a singing career that took him from the Radio City Music Hall Glee Club to pinnacles of achievement in celebrated theatres and halls in North and South America and Europe. He become an interpreter of Verdi; no baritone of his era made such a mark in the parts that became his signatures: the title roles in Rigoletto, Macbeth, and Simon Boccanegra, Count di Luna in Il trovatore, Amonasro in Aida, Iago in Otello, Barnaba in La Gioconda, Tonio in Pagliacci, and Scarpia in Tosca. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-304), discography (pages 305-416), and index. |
| LCCN | 99040444 |
| ISBN | 1574670530 |
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