In character
Subtitle: opera portraiture
By: John F. Martin
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781574674538
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Characters and characteristics in opera; Opera; San Francisco Opera; Costume; Portrait photography; Portraits; Singers; Pictorial works
Other titles: Opera portraiture
Description: Features the work of John F. Martin, who for years set up a portable studio in the basement of the San Francisco Opera and photographed the players in costume and full makeup.
Notes: Includes photo index.

"Biographies": pages 170-171.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Amy Tan; title: Preface / David Gockley; title: Introduction / John Martin; title: Opera on and off stage / Tom Sutcliffe; title: And when I put on my costume... / Dr. Marcia Green; title: The dramatic finery of operatic characterization / Dr. Geoffrey Green; title: Costume and character : an interview with Danielle de Niese; title: Portraits. Heroes and villains; title: Ingénues and worldly women; title: Nobility, aristocracy, and high society; title: Townspeople and villagers; title: Artists, clergy, and other professionals; title: Soldiers, servants, and slaves; title: Gypsies and outcasts; title: Biblical and exotic lands; title: Fantasia.