Wrapping up her bad-girl role on the sizzling soap "River Road, " free-spirited Julia Summers receives threatening letters. Against Julia's wishes, she's assigned a bodyguard: no-nonsense FBI agent Finn Callahan. Finn has no interest in baby-sitting a spoiled starlet. But when danger closes in, he realizes he'll willingly lay his life on the line ...
Written by an opera insider and featuring an introduction by Placido Domingo, here is a thorough, friendly, and truly complete guide to learning how to love and appreciate the opera. After a brief history of opera, the book includes a guide to operatic terms, a minute-by-minute listener's guide to 11 central works, a list of recommended books and ...
From La Traviata to Aida, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world's best-loved operas, recounted in an engaging, picturesque, and readable manner. In addition to highlighting the most important aspects of each opera, the author discusses main characters, famous plot twists, and the most significant arias.
A story of the criminal demimonde of 18th-century London. Peachum, a receiver of stolen goods, does most of his business with the highwayman Captain Macheath. Peachum's daughter Polly falls in love with Macheath, and when the two run off together, Peachum informs on Macheath to the police to spite his daughter for leaving him. Macheath is ...
Mozart's beloved comic romp, reprinted from a late (C. F. Peters, 1941) edition, which preserves Mozart's autograph manuscript and early translations of the libretto and includes passages that are often cut in other editions.
"Pogue is a wonderful teacher...He can teach anybody." --Gay Talese, bestselling author of Honor Thy Father "Scott Speck is a great communicator of classical music...Concert audiences and readers alike can't help getting caught up in the joy of his subject." --David Styers, American Symphony Orchestra League Opera is weird. Everybody wears makeup ...
As a result of her malicious character on a soap opera, actress Kelly Trent is now receiving death threats. Doug O'Casey, an ex-cop--and Kelly's dance partner from a music video--is determined to help her find out who is behind this murderous intent.
This title takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through 23 years of the unforgettable onscreen and behind-the-scenes events of the legendary daytime soap opera. Hundreds of never-before-seen photos recall the greatest love stories and most romantic weddings, the greatest rivalries, and the hottest storylines. 300 photos. Targeted coverage.
In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Acclaimed as the most complete and intellectually satisfying analysis of the ...
An encyclopedic handbook for experts and newcomers alike. A description of each of the 83 most popular operas on CD, including: casts of characters, synopses, Sir Denis's comments and grade, and contemporary news and gossip. Also included are detailed sections on composers, conductors and singers.
In 1975 Philip Glass's music was largely ignored by the more traditional, contemporary classical music world. Today "Einstein on the Beach", "Satyagraha", and "Akhnaten" have become three of the most highly regarded of 20th-century operas, enjoyed by audiences for their evocative meditations on men who altered the course of history through their ...
Created by the legendary Irna Phillips, "Guiding Light" started life in 1937 as a 15-minute radio show, made the transition to television in 1952, and is now the longest running program in broadcast history--nighttime or daytime! With the full cooperation and endorsement of CBS, this book presents a journey through six decades in the life of this ...
This star-studded tribute to daytime's top-rated soap opera features the complete, blow-by-blow storyline of the show since its beginning in 1973, actor profiles, a special section of genuine fan letters, and much more. Publication scheduled to coincide with the show's 25th anniversary in March 1998. Hundreds of color photos, many never before ...
Daytime TV's most loyal fans can now get a behind-the-scenes tour of the town that put "Days of Our Lives" on the map, in this fully authorized, amazingly comprehensive companion to the hit show. 200+ color photos & illustrations.
The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan provides the complete text of all the Gilbert & Sullivan operas which are still performed today, together with extensive annotations covering 'lost' songs, alterations and additions, obscure allusions, production points, and comments of interest. Each opera has an introduction which places it in its ...
Graciela, Caridad and Imperio all left their small town in Cuba for the same reason - to escape Castro. The memories they left behind, however, are quite varied. Rather than commit to killing her daughter in protest to the new regime, Caridad hops in a boat bound for the Florida Keys in the middle of the night, leaving her fine home and her ...
Soap opera diva Serena McCormack's road to success takes a deadly turn when a co-star is murdered--and the clues point to Serena as the intended victim. When P.I. Liam Murphy is hired to protect her, Serena can't deny the attraction. But as ratings soar, so do the threats on Serena's life.
Following the first volume, this second book provides the plots of a further 124 operas. Each composer featured is the subject of a short biographical sketch, with details of the opera's first performances, the librettists and the cast, and a detailed summary of the plot. Opera-goers are guided through the performance, and the principal arias and ...
Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, opera was the grandest entertainment in Western culture. In First Nights at the Opera, the renowned music scholar Thomas Kelly narrates the social history of European opera during its golden age by taking us behind the scenes at the premiere performances of five extraordinary and influential ...
"Don Giovanni" is presented here in the C. F. Peters edition and contains the original version, along with later arias, recitatives, and duets added for the Vienna performance. Text in both Italian and German.
This inexpensive, authoritative edition of Mozart's last opera featuring all the spoken dialogue will be welcomed by all Mozarteans and opera enthusiasts. Translation of German frontmatter. Dramatis personae. List of Numbers.
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