Description: Further DetailsTitle: Sarah CaldwellCondition: NewEAN: 9780810861107ISBN: 9780810861107Publisher: Scarecrow PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/31/2008Item Height: 228mmItem Length: 154mmItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 535gAuthor: Daniel KesslerLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The First Woman of OperaISBN-10: 0810861100Description: Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera is the first biography of this significant musician, conductor, and director and documents Ms. Caldwell's genius as an indomitable force for opera in America. Caldwell mounted many U.S. premieres and brought rare editions of standard works to her audiences. At the height of her career, she raised her baton over four of the top five orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and conducted orchestras in such cities as Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Antonio, Atlanta, Mexico City, and Puerto Rico. She conducted ensembles in Canada, Sweden, South Africa, and Russia; was a musical director for Wolf Trap; and was the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera. She founded the renowned Opera Company of Boston, as well as the outreach effort Opera New England and a nation-wide touring enterprise, the American National Opera Company. Caldwell's undeniable zeal was evident in whatever she undertook, and her accomplishments invite reflection, showing what an opera company could and should be in America. Daniel Kessler presents Ms. Caldwell's life in flashbacks and explores her 1978 landmark production of Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale, which serves as a prime example of how she engaged with her creative Muse. He describes her personal and professional life, including her experience with the impresario Boris Goldovsky, her ability to create her own brand of "stage wizardry," and her moments of overreaching and hubris, such as her unorthodox fundraising methods and her experience with Imelda Marcos. Complete with several illustrations, a bibliography, an index, and the comprehensive annals of her three opera companies, Sarah Caldwell demonstrates what one person of genius, imagination, and passion can accomplish single-handedly.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Music Dance & TheatreTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Sarah Caldwell
Title: Sarah Caldwell
EAN: 9780810861107
ISBN: 9780810861107
Release Date: 07/31/2008
Release Year: 2008
Subtitle: The First Woman of Opera
ISBN-10: 0810861100
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Sarah Caldwell : the First Woman of Opera
Number of Pages: 334 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Genres & Styles / Opera, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Author: Daniel Kessler
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
