Fans of Glee and Rent will love this story of unflinching honesty and unfaltering compassion. The last thing Lucy ever expected was to end up as another teen statistic. Lucy had a plan: become a Broadway star, start a life with her leading man Ty, make her family proud. But in a matter of days, Lu[...]
Lexi has a secret. She never meant for her mom to find out. And now she's afraid that what's left of her family is going to fall apart for good. Lexi knows she can fix everything. She can change. She can learn to like boys. New Horizons summer camp has promised to transform her life, and there's not[...]
This is a comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on Shakespeare's reception by the major composers. "Great Shakespeareans" offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the [...]
In Staging Scenes from the Operas of Donizetti and Verdi, veteran opera director William Ferrara presents a detailed, practical exploration of the staging of twenty-one scenes from two of opera's most beloved composers. He brings to life Donizetti's delightful comedies, L'Elisir d'amore and Don Pasq[...]
(Vocal Score). Italian only, with an introductory plot synopsis in English. This new edition features a new cover design and introductory plot synopsis in English.[...]
(Vocal Collection). Ricordi, publisher of Verdi's works since 1839, presents a new collection of arias in a reduced version for voice and piano together with a brief synopsis and the original lyrics in Italian with an English translation. Two CANTOLOPERA CDs complete the volume, with recordings of t[...]
(Vocal Collection). Ricordi, publisher of Verdi's works since 1839, presents a new collection of arias in a reduced version for voice and piano together with a brief synopsis and the original lyrics in Italian with an English translation. Two CANTOLOPERA CDs complete the volume, with recordings of t[...]
(Amadeus). Giuseppe Verdi's operas have a special place in the hearts of audiences and in music history. They are grand in scale and yet intensely human in their ability to convey the joys and sorrows of ordinary people. Celebrated as a national treasure and venerated for his civic, historical, and [...]
(Music Minus One). Prima donna Zvetelina Maldjanska sings great Verdi soprano arias, and you have the same orchestra as backup polish those chords and wow them Includes a printed vocal score on high-quality ivory paper, with informative liner notes; and a CD+G graphics-enabled compact disc with com[...]
Giuseppe Verdi dominated Italian opera for 50 years, and his operas are performed throughout the world today. This book offers young readers an accessible, behind-the-scenes peek into the exciting world of opera and traces Verdi's path to fame, delving into the great composer's childhood, musical tr[...]
Giuseppe Verdi remains the greatest operatic composer that Italy, the home of opera, has ever produced. Yet throughout his lifetime he claimed to detest composing and repeatedly rejected it. He was a landowner, a farmer, a politician and symbol of Italian independence; but his music tells a differen[...]
Welcome to The Independent's new ebook series The Great Composers, covering fourteen of the giants of Western classical music. Extracted from Michael Steen's book The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, these concise guides, selected by The Independent's editorial team, explore the lives of comp[...]
The works of no great composer between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries have undergone a more spectacular reassessment than those of Giuseppe Verdi. His death brought a crowd of several hundred thousand people to mourn not only the passing of a great artist but also a beloved national he[...]