Sarah Caldwell [electronic resource] : the first woman of opera / Daniel Kessler.
Kessler, Daniel, 1934-
2008
ML422.C225 K47 2008eb
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Title Sarah Caldwell [electronic resource] : the first woman of opera / Daniel Kessler.
Author Kessler, Daniel, 1934-
ISBN 9780810863682 (electronic bk.)
9780810859470
0810859475
9780810861107 (pbk.)
0810861100 (pbk.)
Imprint Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2008.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vii, 315 p.) : ill.
Call Number ML422.C225 K47 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 782.1092 B
Summary Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera is the first biography of this significant musician, conductor, and director and documents Ms. Caldwell's genius as an indomitable force for opera in America. Caldwell mounted many U.S. premieres and broughtrare editions of standard works to her audiences. At the height of her career, she raised her baton over four of the top five orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and conducted orchestras in such cities as Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Antonio, Atlanta, Mexico City, and Puerto Rico. She conducted ensembles in Canada, Sweden, South Africa, and Russia; was a musical director for Wolf Trap; and was the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera. She founded the renowned Opera Company of Boston, as well as the outreach effort Opera New England and a nation-wide touring enterprise, the American National Opera Company. Caldwell's undeniable zeal was evident in whatever she undertook, and her accomplishments invite reflection, showing what an opera company could and should be in America. Daniel Kessler presents Ms. Caldwell's life in flashbacks and explores her 1978 landmark production of Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale, which serves as a prime example ofhow she engaged with her creative Muse. He describes her personal and professional life, including her experience with the impresario Boris Goldovsky, her ability to create her own brand of "stage wizardry," and her moments of overreaching and hubris, ....
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304) and index.
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Sarah Caldwell, Boston finale
The early years
Sarah the improviser
Getting the show on the stage
Sarah the musicologist
The golden years
Touring, and the ANOC
The nomadic years
More feats of derring-do
Seizing the moment: Opera New England
Working with Sarah
Other artistic worlds to conquer
A home at last
Sarah and the Imelda Marcos connection
Understanding Sarah
Sarah's indian summer
Sarah in exile
Sarah the enigma.

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