Leonard Warren American Baritone

by Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane

• ISBN13: 9781574670530
• ISBN10: 1574670530
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Amadeus

Summary

The great baritone Leonard Warren was history's most notable interpreter of Verdi, making his mark in the title roles of Rigoletto, Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra. Warren's dramatic death over 40 years ago is famous: he collapsed and died onstage at the Met on March 4, 1960 in a performance as Carlo in La forza del destino. In this definitive biography, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, author of an acclaimed biography of Giuseppe Verdi, offers an intimate portrait of a beloved opera star, based on hundreds of interviews. More than 100 rare photographs capture Warren in his great roles as well as in private moments. HARDCOVER.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Tony Randall
Preface	13	(3)
Acknowledgments	16	(5)
From Russia to America	21	(8)
A New York Way of Life	29	(12)
Radio City Music Hall and the Rising Musical Star	41	(13)
The Metropolitan Opera in Transition	54	(9)
The Italian Experience	63	(14)
A Novice at the Met	77	(14)
Tending the Career	91	(15)
Solid Ground	106	(13)
Courtship and Marriage	119	(7)
Star Status in South America	126	(6)
The Struggle at Home	132	(14)
The Waiting Game	146	(14)
Art As a Work in Progress	160	(10)
Leading-Artist Rank	170	(6)
Ends and Beginnings: 1949-1950	176	(19)
Living With Bing	195	(13)
Honors in Italy and at Home	208	(12)
A Better Image	220	(20)
The Singing Artist	240	(20)
The Career Ends: 1959--1960	260	(10)
La forza del destino	270	(13)
Notes	283	(15)
Selected Bibliography	298	(7)
Discography	305	(112)
Barrett Crawford
Chronology of Opera Performances	417	(44)
Barrett Crawford
Leonard Warren Foundation	461	(2)
Index of Names	463