When the Fat Lady Sings: Opera History As It Ought To Be Taught

David W. Barber

ISBN 10: 0920151345 / ISBN 13: 9780920151341

Published by Sound And Vision (edition Revised and Expanded), 2000

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 0920151345-11-22

Bibliographic Details

• Title: When the Fat Lady Sings: Opera History As It Ought To Be Taught
• Publisher: Sound And Vision (edition Revised and Expanded)
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0920151345
• ISBN 13: 9780920151341
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Dave Donald
• Edition: Revised and Expanded.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

In the 10 years since its first publication, When the Fat Lady Sings has sold more than 60,000 copies worldwide. Now, to celebrate a decade of delighting opera fans and foes alike, musical historian and humorist David Barber has prepared a special revised and expanded edition of his hilarious bestselling history of opera. Chapters such as Serious Buffoonery, Teutonic Tunesmiths and, of course, Italian Sausage Machines display Barber's rapier wit and knack for knowing fascinating, if sometimes useless, information about music, musicians and the offbeat world they live in. This expanded edition includes new material ranging from Strauss to ragtime, opera to the Tenor Menace. From Italian castrati to German Ring-bearers, from Handel's fights with rival sopranos to Puccini's nicotine habit, the author of Bach, Beethoven and the Boys and Tenors, Tantrums and Trills delivers a funny yet informative, irreverent yet affectionate history of serious music's most serious art form as only he can - and as only he would dare to do.

About the Author

David Barber is a journalist, author, composer and performer who lives and works in Toronto.

Dave Donald works as an art director for a Toronto-based national magazine.