OSCAR BIE History of Opera GERMAN: DIE OPER Emmy Destinn Geraldine Farrar Oskar

by OSCAR BIE, OSKAR BIE

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First edition

img{max-width:100%} Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping. We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day. For sale is Oskar Bie Oskar Bie Die Oper For any Opera love reading German, this is the most rewarding book on the history of the Opera. Bie starts by enumerating the paradoxa of the Opera as an art form, and how it became the pinnacle of classical art. The book is lavishly illustrated with many b/w illustrations, as well as HAND COLORED plates of figurines and portraits of famous 19th century productions. This 1919 revised edition also includes Bie's personal references about Enrico Caruso, and how he studied with Emmy Destinn for the Berlin premiere of Madame Butterfly, describing the subtlety and richness of Destinn's impersonation. Due to pressure by the Kaiser, the premiere was given to the pushy American Soprano Geraldine Farrar, who - in Bie's opinion - ruined the character of Cio Cio San. Oscar Bier (1864-1938) came from Breslau and studied philosophy, music and art history. From 1895 to 1922 he directed the cultural magazine "Neue Rundschau", which still exists today, and from 1921 he was a professor at the Musikhochschule in Berlin. In his extensive work "The Opera", published in 1913, the author does not limit himself to the history of musical theater alone, but also ex

• Publisher: S. Fischer
• Year: 1919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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