Living opera
By: Joshua Jampol
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780195381382
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pierre Boulez, or "The incorruptible"; title: Robert Carsen, or building the bridge between head and heart; title: Patrice Chereau, or truth, opera, and the director: in Wagner's footsteps; title: William Christie, or going for baroque; title: James Conlon, or surrendering your soul; title: Natalie Dessay, or healing the sick voice; title: Joyce DiDonato, or the wider connection; title: Placido Domingo, or Olympics for the voice; title: Renee Fleming, or balancing on the high wire; title: Ferruccio Furlanetto, or functioning as a filter; title: Kasper Bech Holten, or the emotional fitness center; title: Simon Keenlyside, or a workingman talks about traffic control; title: Waltraud Meier, or the sweatshirt must fit; title: Heidi Grant Murphy, or sopranoed, with children; title: Kent Nagano, or remaining relevant; title: Seiji Ozawa, or the art of managing the orchestra; title: Samuel Ramey, or the lion at twilight; title: Esa-Pekka Salonen, or new opera and festival opera; title: Jose Van Dam, or humility, the elite, and the caddies; title: Rolando Villazon, or the paradox of the performer.