| Included Work | Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Dis-moi que je suis belle. |
| Included Work | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Tote Stadt. Glück, das mir verblieb. |
| Included Work | Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Manon Lescaut. In quelle trine morbide. |
| Included Work | Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon. Elle est aimée. |
| Included Work | Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Hamlet. Adieu, dit-il, ayez foi. |
| Included Work | Reyer, Ernest, 1823-1909. Sigurd. Sigurd, les dieux dans leur clémence. |
| Included Work | Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883. Martha. Letzte Rose. |
| Included Work | Fibich, Zdeněk, 1850-1900. V podvečer. Lento; arranged. |
| Included Work | Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Prophète. O prêtres de Baal. |
| Included Work | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Je ris de me voir si belle. |
| Included Work | Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895. Schöne Galathée. Ich lausche. |
| Included Work | Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Jenůfa Zdrávas Královno. |
| Included Work | Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Amadis. Bois épais. |
| Contents |
Fanny Heldy (1888-1973) -- Maria Jeritza (1887-1982) -- Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944) -- Claire Dux (1885-1967) -- Emma Calve (1858-1942) -- Maria Kousnezoff (1869-1941) -- Berta Morena (1878-1952) -- Eide Norena (1884-1968) -- Rose Caron (1857-1930 -- Fritzi Jokl (1895-1974) -- Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) -- Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943) -- Aino Ackte (1876-1944) -- Lotte Schone (1891-1977) -- Zinaida Jurjevskaya (1896-1925) -- Georgette Leblanc (1875-1941) -- Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) -- Emma Eames (1865-1952) -- Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) -- Maria Cebotari (1910-1949) -- Mary Garden (1877-1967) -- Kerstin Thorborg (1896-1970) -- Anna von Mildenburg (1872-1947) -- Viorica Ursuleac (1894-1985) -- Marie Gutheil-Schoder (1874-1935) -- Rose Pauly (1894-1975) -- Maria Ivogun (1891-1987) -- Marthe Chenal (1881-1947) -- Emmy Destinn (1878-1930) -- Germain Lubin (1890-1979) -- Rosa Raisa (1893-1963). |
| Contents |
CD contents. Thaïs. Air du miroir / Jules Massenet (Fanny Heldy, soprano) -- Die tote Stadt. Lute aria / Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Maria Jeritza, soprano) -- Manon Lescant. In quelle trine morbide / Giacomo Puccini (Lina Cavalieri, soprano) -- Mignon. Elle est aimée / Ambroise Thomas (Claire Dux, soprano) -- Magali / (Emma Calvé, soprano) -- Manon. Adieu notre petite table / Jules Massenet (Berta Morena, soprano) -- Hamlet. Air d'Ophélie / Ambroise Thomas (Eidé Noréna, soprano) -- Sigurd. Des présents de Gunther / Ernest Reyer (Rose Caron, soprano) -- Martha. The last rose of summer / Friedrich von Flotow (Fritzi Jokl, soprano) -- Poem / Zdenek Fibich (Jarmila Novotna, soprano) -- Prophête. Prêtres de Baal / Giacomo Meyerbeer (Sigrid Onégin, soprano) -- Faust. Air des bijoux / Charles Gounod (Aino Ackté, soprano) -- Die schöne Galathea / Franz von Suppé (Lotte Schöne, soprano) -- Jenufa. Jenufa's prayer / Leos Janacek (Zinaida Jurjevskaya, soprano) -- Amadis de Gaule. Bois épais / Jean-Baptiste Lully (Georgette Leblanc, soprano). |
| Abstract |
This book tells all about a lost, authentically legendary species: the divas. They were the first movie stars before Pickford and Garbo, there was Geraldine Farrar, Lina Cavalieri, and Mary Garden. They were the most stunning opera singers, their personalities perhaps even bigger than their voices. Their success and their lives filled the gossip columns. Their fans loved them, grand dukes covered them in jewels. They represented both the splendorous excesses of an era of elegance and luxury, and its swan's song. There is almost nothing that survives of them today. Thankfully, their image remains and reveals all. Along with unpublished pictures of the greatest divas of this century, rediscover their voices in the accompanying CD produced specially for this publication. |
| Local note | Joyner-MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib CD-10459 |
| Supplement note | Includes sound disc. |
| ISBN | 2843237351 |
| ISBN | 9782843237355 |
