Singers of the Century

J. B. Steane

Hal Leonard Corporation, Nov 1, 1998 - Music - 280 pages

(Amadeus). This collection of brief essays covers such performers as Bjorling, Callas, Domingo, Pavarotti, Tibbett, Terfel, and te Kanawa.

Contents

• Franco Corelli: 1
• Emmy Destinn: 7
• Conchita Supervia: 12
• Louis and Gino Quilico: 18
• Mary Garden: 23
• Friedrich Schorr: 28
• Peter Pears: 33
• Walter Widdop: 38
• Irina Arkhipova: 43
• Mattia Battistini: 48
• Maria Jeritza: 53
• Ljuba Welitsch: 58
• Lawrence Tibbett: 63
• Jussi Björling: 68
• Eva Turner: 73
• Renata Scotto: 78
• Håkan Hagegård: 83
• Heinrich Schlusnus: 88
• Thomas Allen: 93
• Janet Baker: 98
• Jennie Tourel: 103
• Brigitte Fassbaender: 108
• Hans Hotter: 113
• Marcel Journet: 118
• Lucien Fugère: 123
• Edmond Clément: 128
• Georges Thill and Ninon Vallin: 133
• Placido Domingo: 138
• Luciano Pavarotti: 143
• Victor Maurel and Francesco Tamagno: 149
• Emma Eames and Marcella Sembrich: 155
• Renata Tebaldi: 161
• Richard Tucker: 166
• Marilyn Horne: 171
• Joan Hammond and Marie Collier: 176
• Kiri te Kanawa: 181
• Frederica von Stade: 186
• Tiana Lemnitz and Meta Seinemeyer: 191
• Elisabeth Grümmer: 196
• Elena Gerhardt: 201
• Elly Ameling: 206
• Hugues Cuénod: 211
• Tito Schipa: 216
• Aksel Schitz: 221
• Oda Slobodskaya: 226
• Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Pavel Lisitsian: 232
• Mario Sammarco and Mariano Stabile: 238
• Gerhard Hüsch and Hermann Prey: 243
• Bryn Terfel: 248
• Maria Callas: 253
• Dates Books and Records: 260
• List of Singers in Volume 1: 272
• Index of Singers: 273
• General Index: 276

Bibliographic information

• Title: Singers of the Century; Singers of the Century Series; Vol 2
• Author: J. B. Steane
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 1998
• ISBN: 1574670409, 9781574670400
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Music / Instruction & Study / Voice; Music / Reference