Scaling the High C's: The Musical Life of Tenor John L. Brecknock

by John Melling, John Brecknock, John Kennedy Melling

John Brecknock is an opera tenor famed for his miraculous breath control and beautiful, glossy voice. Scaling the High C's is an intimate look at the life of this opera star and his rise from a working-class English family to international fame--without the usual name-dropping stage stories.

But Scaling the High C's is more than just an autobiography. Brecknock and John Kennedy Melling, a critic and theatre historian, have produced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810831376
• ISBN13: 9780810831377
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"