Divas. Mathilde Marchesi And Her Pupils

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Newsouth Publishing
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 436 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. (only One Small Stamp On Inside Page).

Publishers Description: The incredible story of singing teacher extraordinaire Mathilde Marchesi who trained more international opera stars than anyone before or since.Who was Mathilde Marchesi How did she become a byword internationally for vocal excellence and operatic success What was her formula And how did she produce prima donnas on such a consistent basisFrom nineteenth-century Vienna to Paris high society, Roger Neill traces Marchesis extraordinary five-decade career and introduces a remarkable cast of characters - Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt and the pupils who crossed the globe to study with her, including Dame Nellie Melba. He reveals the phenomenally successful singing method that is her legacy, with Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa and Meryl Streep all taught by pupils of Marchesi.

ISBN: 9781742235240