Maria Callas
by Jurgen Kesting
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Quartet Books, 1992. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing of the first edition in English translation from the German. Translated by John Hunt. A fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 416 pp. with discgraphy, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Incisive and engaing study of operatic star Maria Callas that examines her important contibutions to 20th century opera. Rather than delving into Callas's often described temprament, slimming cure, cancellations, Onassis affair (all are here relegated to their rightful place as mere incidentals), the biographer focuses instead on the qualities that made Callas an interpreter of the front rank. He analyses with searching insight the wealth of recorded documentation from official and unofficial sources and quotes from authorities and eyewitnesses such as John Ardoin, Andrew Porter, and Henry Wisneski. Special attention is paid to the men who helped mold her state and studio performances--Visconti, Zeffereiil, Legge and the like.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27048
- Title
- Maria Callas
- Author
- Jurgen Kesting
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Quartet Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- music, opera, prima donna, signers, performing arts,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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