| Dialogues on Opera and the African-American Experience Contributor(s): Cheatham, Wallace McClain (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810831473 ISBN-13: 9780810831476 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1997 Annotation: Conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Music | Instruction & Study - Voice - Music | Religious - General |
| Dewey: 782 |
| LCCN: 96-7914 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.7" W x 8.78" (0.82 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Opera audiences around the world are swept away by the magnificent voices of African-American singers like Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, and Jessye Norman. But growth opportunities for African-American opera singers are comparatively recent. Thus, Cheatham's work is especially timely and relevant. He engages in conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists: Carmen deLavallade, Andrew Frierson, Everett Lee, Sylvia Olden Lee, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Benjamin Matthews, Wayne Sanders, George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, and William Warfield. In their conversations with Cheatham, these artists candidly discuss the uniqueness of being African-American within the operatic mainstream. They also articulate their inspiration, their dedication, and their travails as they rose within the opera world. With photographs. |