The Operas of Verdi: Volume 1, from Oberto to Rigoletto
Preface to first edition Preface to revised edition Verdi and the World of the Primo Ottocento Characteristics of the Early Operas 3-19 Chapters on the operas, as below.
Preface to first edition Preface to revised edition Verdi and the World of the Primo Ottocento Characteristics of the Early Operas 3-19 Chapters on the operas, as below.
“We Wanted Those Wings”; Camp Toccoa, July-December 1942 “Stand Up and Hook Up”; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943 “Duties of the Latrine Orderly”; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944 “Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!”; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1-June 5, 1944 “Follow Me”, Normandy, June 6 1944 “Move Out!”; Carentan, June 7-July 12, 1944 …
written in English
Part One Roots Be Prepared Jesus Beveridge Boy Mines Vodka Bonfire Three Wise Men Nye’s Little Dog The Dog Bites The Man Who Changed His Mind Challenger Leader Heat Part Two Kitchen Fetish Quick Kill Super-Harold Dog Days Personal Diplomat Aching Tooth Style Strife Carnival Indiarubber Second Coming Slag Birthday Present Vendetta Tricks Ghost
Part I: History and Ideology The Soviet Prototype Walker Connor The Establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Richard Pipes When the “Prison of Peoples” Was Opened Hélène Carrière d’Encausse Part II: Federalism The Evolution of the Soviet Federal System Gregory Gleason The Debate Over Soviet Federalism Grey Hodnett Soviet Federalism and Ethnic Mobilization …
List of characters Romeo and Juliet The story of Romeo and Juliet The oppositions of Romeo and Juliet Oppositions of time Characters – who’s who in Romeo and Juliet Why did Romeo and Juliet die? The language of Romeo and Juliet Putting on the play William Shakespeare
Conducting Wagner: The Search for Melos Christopher Fifield Wagner and His Singers Desmond Shawe-Taylor Producing Wagner Mike Ashman Designing Wagner: Deeds of Music Made Visible? Patrick Carnegy ‘Fidelity’ to Wagner: Reflections on the Centenary Ring Jean-Jacques Nattiez Performing Practice Clive Brown The Reception of Wagner in Vienna, 1860-1900 Amanda Glauert Taking the Waters at Bayreuth …
Acknowledgements Introduction Hamlet’s Soliloquies John Gielgud: The Glass of Fashion Guinness, Olivier, and Burton: The Mould of Form David Warner: The Rogue and Peasant Slave Ben Kingsley: In My Mind’s Eye Derek Jacobi: The Courtier, Scholar, Soldier Anton Lesser: A Noble Mind David Rintoul: Th’ Observ’d of All Observers Randall Dum Kim: Sir, a Whole …
with an introduction by Vanessa Redgrave