Maria Garcia Malibran was the "superstar" of nineteenth-century opera a singer whose colorful career and new vocal style epitomized the age of bel canto. Her roles in works by Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti performed in the leading opera houses of six countries, a flexible three-octave vocal range, and an impulsively effective acting style made her the object of fierce adulation. Malibran's short and frenetic life she died suddenly while on tour at age twenty-eight and her wildly successful career are documented with ...
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Maria Garcia Malibran was the "superstar" of nineteenth-century opera a singer whose colorful career and new vocal style epitomized the age of bel canto. Her roles in works by Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti performed in the leading opera houses of six countries, a flexible three-octave vocal range, and an impulsively effective acting style made her the object of fierce adulation. Malibran's short and frenetic life she died suddenly while on tour at age twenty-eight and her wildly successful career are documented with reviews of her performances and extracts from her prolific correspondence. Her letters give an intimate view of her vivacious personality, her friendships, and her liaisons. Among her correspondents were Vincenzo Bellini, Giuditta Pasta, and Lafayette, who as a friend attempted to create a French divorce law to allow Maria to marry Charles de Beriot, father of her illegitimate son. In addition, we are given a vivid picture of other members of the Garcia family, a remarkable troupe of singers headed by Manuel Garcia, who created the lead role in Rossini's The Barber of Seville. He also led the family troupe in the first American performances of Italian opera and gave Maria an arrogant and dictatorial tutelage that shaped her superb vocal skills."
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 266. 266 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is Free of Markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in red cloth, in brown and orange jacket with tinted portrait of Malibran, 8vo. xix + 266pp. Index, bibliography, endnotes, b/w plates. Fine/VG. Book is clean, sharp, tight and unmarked. Jacket has touches of light abrasion and surface loss at tips of corners and spine ends, light scuffing to rear panel; else clean and strongly colored. Jacket in Brodart.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0271002220.
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