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"The Last Prima Donnas" is a compilation of interviews that the author conducted with the divas themselves. In some cases, the author had more than one occasion to meet with the singers, and was even friends with a few. The majority of singers represented were born before World War I and were active in the 1920's to 1950's. Several worked with the composers themselves. Many names are not as well known to us in 2010 as they...
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT -DON'T READ IT. How can a black MAN, an ultra talented and ambitious one, be inspired by a bunch of white divas raised in a racist time period? Because those caucasian divas had soul, heart, and love, and having known some of them I felt significantly less racism from them than from these current sexless locusts i.e. money/contract/paper...
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I found this to be a very interesting, moving, hauntingly sad and fascinating book giving a good view into the lives of some of Operas Great Singers through personal interviews. I highly recommend this book to lovers of Great Singing. It clearly shows the difference between Opera as it was performed and the way it is to day and why many people to day see it as a dying art ruled by the directors and not the singers who make...
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Lanfranco Rasponi in his book, The Last Prima Donnas, compiles a series of interviews spanning fifty years with some of the most legendary divas to grace the operatic stage. This book is easily the most comprehensive, engaging, and just downright fascinating piece of work concerning opera out there. Such grand old dames as Eva Turner, Lily Pons and even Maria Callas expound intelligently and lucidly upon their careers and...
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