Here is a fascinating collection of 20 wide-ranging interviews with
the preeminent opera singers, conductors, directors, and designers
working on and behind the stage today. In Living Opera, Joshua
Jampol invites opera-lovers to listen in as performers such as
Renee Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazon and Placido Domingo
speak in exceptionally frank terms about their strengths and
weaknesses and address such hard-hitting topics as how they deal
with critics, vocal troubles, and balancing their career and family
lives. We hear conductors such as James Conlon, Esa-Pekka Salonen,
and Kent Nagano discuss their likes and dislikes about the state of
contemporary opera, their own inspirations, whom they hope to
inspire, and how opera can remain relevant today. World-class
directors such as Robert Carsen and Patrice Chereau discuss the
complexities involved in staging a successful opera. Jampol has
unprecedented access to all the major singers, conductors, and
directors, and the table of contents reads like a "who's who" of
the global opera world. Each interview highlights a distinctive
voice speaking about his or her career path, first break,
colleagues, major influences, audiences, critics and all the
diverse professions making up the emotional and extravagant world
of the lyric arts. Jampol brings immense knowledge and a wonderful
flair to these conversations, allowing his subjects to follow their
thoughts wherever they lead and revealing in the process a more
intimate, reflective side of such stars as Pierre Boulez, William
Christie, Joyce DiDonato, Seiji Ozawa, Samuel Ramey, and many
others. For anyone wanting to know more about the people behind the
performances-what they think, how they feel, and who they really
are-Living Opera is full of delights and surprises.
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