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- catalog abstract "Rosa Ponselle's place as one of the century's great singers was destined from the moment of her 1918 debut, opposite Enrico Caruso, in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of La forza del destino. For the next two decades, her voice of unparalleled beauty and power continued to mesmerize audiences. Even today, her recordings keep her influence alive in the Italian repertory. Ponselle's path from Meriden, Connecticut, through her apprenticeship on the vaudeville circuit with. Her sister Carmela to acclaim on the stage of the Met is one of opera's great romantic stories. The author of this centenary biography, James A. Drake, began researching that story in collaboration with Ponselle herself for their 1982 book, Ponselle: A Singer's Life. The present work not only collects many of the interviews with Ponselle that provided the raw material for the earlier biography, but also includes interviews with friends, colleagues, and associates that. Supplement, support - and sometimes contradict - her own recollections. In addition, the author has scrutinized the documentary record for contemporary reports of these events, and has woven them into a well-crafted, absorbing chronicle of the diva's struggle from New York to Hollywood and abroad. Supplemented with many rare photographs, an updated discography, an extensive bibliography, and a chronology of her vaudeville, operatic, and concert performances, Rosa. Ponselle: A Centenary Biography is an invitation to readers to join in the engrossing search for the real Rosa Ponselle.".
- catalog contributor b9860418.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Her sister Carmela to acclaim on the stage of the Met is one of opera's great romantic stories. The author of this centenary biography, James A. Drake, began researching that story in collaboration with Ponselle herself for their 1982 book, Ponselle: A Singer's Life. The present work not only collects many of the interviews with Ponselle that provided the raw material for the earlier biography, but also includes interviews with friends, colleagues, and associates that.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographic references (p. [399]-406), discography (p. [447]-485), and index.".
- catalog description "Ponselle: A Centenary Biography is an invitation to readers to join in the engrossing search for the real Rosa Ponselle.".
- catalog description "Rosa Ponselle's place as one of the century's great singers was destined from the moment of her 1918 debut, opposite Enrico Caruso, in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of La forza del destino. For the next two decades, her voice of unparalleled beauty and power continued to mesmerize audiences. Even today, her recordings keep her influence alive in the Italian repertory. Ponselle's path from Meriden, Connecticut, through her apprenticeship on the vaudeville circuit with.".
- catalog description "Supplement, support - and sometimes contradict - her own recollections. In addition, the author has scrutinized the documentary record for contemporary reports of these events, and has woven them into a well-crafted, absorbing chronicle of the diva's struggle from New York to Hollywood and abroad. Supplemented with many rare photographs, an updated discography, an extensive bibliography, and a chronology of her vaudeville, operatic, and concert performances, Rosa.".
- catalog description "Wiat till you hear her! -- I never really have grown up -- Kid, you won your et! -- Overnight prima donna -- Flashes of the grand manner -- Perfect voice -- Sleepless nights -- No-come-back girl -- Some enchanted evening -- Rosa Ponselle bibliography / Andrew Farkas -- Chronology of Ponselle's appearances / Thomas G. Kaufman -- Discography / Bill Park.".
- catalog extent "494 p., [40] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "1574670190".
- catalog isPartOf "Opera biography series ; no. 9".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portland, OR : Amadeus Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "782.1/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "ML420.P825 D783 1997".
- catalog subject "Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981.".
- catalog subject "Sopranos (Singers) United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wiat till you hear her! -- I never really have grown up -- Kid, you won your et! -- Overnight prima donna -- Flashes of the grand manner -- Perfect voice -- Sleepless nights -- No-come-back girl -- Some enchanted evening -- Rosa Ponselle bibliography / Andrew Farkas -- Chronology of Ponselle's appearances / Thomas G. Kaufman -- Discography / Bill Park.".
- catalog title "Rosa Ponselle : a centenary biography / James A. Drake ; James M. Alfonte, photographic editor ; chronology of performances by Thomas G. Kaufman ; bibliography by Andrew Farkas ; discography by Bill Park.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".