Jan Rubes: A Man of Many Talents Contributor(s): Schabas, Ezra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550026852 ISBN-13: 9781550026856 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.48" W x 9.22" (1.37 lbs) 376 pages |
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Publisher Description: Jan Rubes has been a leading performer and director on stage, film, and TV, and in concert, opera, musical comedy, and drama. With an operatic career already established, the Czechoslovakia native immigrated to Canada in 1949 and was soon the leading bass in the Canadian Opera Company. He has performed throughout Canada and the U.S. both with the company and in countless solo recitals and appearances with symphony orchestras. Rubes has done more than 100 operatic roles and has appeared in more than 70 films, including the well-remembered Witness with Harrison Ford. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schabas, Ezra: - Ezra Schabas is professor emeritus, University of Toronto, and was Principal of the Royal Conservatory of Music (1978-1983). He has written two major biographies: Theodore Thomas: America's Conductor and Builder of Orchestras (University of Illinois Press, 1989), and Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian (University of Toronto Press, 1994), which won the 1995 City of Toronto Book Award. |