Victorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars.
Kurt Gänzl paints a vivid picture of the Victorian operatic and concert world, revealing the backgrounds, journeys, successes, failures and misdemeanours of these singers. This volume is not only an outstanding reference work for anyone interested in vocalists of the era, but also a compelling, meticulously researched picture of life in the vast shark tank that was Victorian music.
ADINI AGNESI ALBERTINI AMADEI AMBRE BAUERMEISTER BELLETTI BELOCCA BERRY GREENING BETTS BIRCH BRIGNOLI BRUCE BYRON CAMPOBELLO, E CANDIDUS CARADORI CARADORI ALLAN CASTLE CHIOMI CIAMPI CONDELL CSILLAG DE BEGNIS DELCY DI MURSKA DORUS GRAS DURAND, M ESCOTT FARQUHARSON FAVANTI FEDOR FIORENTINI FRAZER FRIEDLÄNDER GAVEAUX GORDOSA GOULD GREENFIELD GUILMETTE HALL HARRIS HIRLEMANN HÖLZEL HORTON-REED JONES, MRS C KENNETH LANCIA LAURENCE LIEBHART LOCKEY LYALL MASCALL MAYBRICK MENGIS MESSENT MIRAN MONBELLI NAU NIKITA NOUVER OSGOOD PACKARD PALMIERI PARRY PATON PAUL PEARCE, E PENCO PHILLIPS PICCOLOMINI PISCHEK POOLE, MISS PYNE ROBINSON ROUSBEY RUBINI RUDERSDORFF SAPIO SAROLTA SCOVEL SESSI SHAW, MRS SHIRREFF SINICO STAUDIGL SUSINI SUTTON THALBERG THOMAS, LEWIS TONNELLIER TORRIANI TREMAINE TURNER URIO VANERI VINNING VITELLI WHITWORTH YORKE
Biography
Kurt Gänzl is one of the most important chroniclers of the world's history of musical theatre. His numerous works on the subject include The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre (1994, 2001), The British Musical Theatre (1986), The Musical: A Concise History (1997), Gänzl's Book of the Musical Theatre (1988) and biographies of such artists as Lydia Thompson (2002), Willie Gill (2002) and Emily Soldene (In Search of a Singer, 2007).
