Emperors of Song: Three Great Impresarios

by Freddie M. Stockdale

In the age of Verdi and Puccini, Wagner and Richard Strauss, opera in Britain and the USA was almost exclusively the preserve of individual private businessmen - the impresarios - who made (and lost) fortunes by personally employing the great stars of the day. Concentrating on the period 1860-1939, this book looks at the successes and disasters of such impresarios as Colonel James Mapleson, grandest and then most unlucky of showmen; and John Christie,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071955702X
• ISBN13: 9780719557026
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: John Murray Publishers
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"