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Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick : a grand opera for the 21st century
- Title
- Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick : a grand opera for the 21st century / Robert K. Wallace ; featuring libretto by Gene Scheer ; photographs by Karen Almond.
- Author
- Wallace, Robert K., 1944-
- Publication
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JNF 13-93 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 224 p. : ill.; 22 x 28 cm.
- Summary
- "Book describes the world premiere of the American opera based on Melville's novel Moby-Dick, with the same name. Wallace describes the creative process of writing the music and libretto, the rehearsals and stage design, and the opening night in Dallas in May 2010."--ECIP Data View, Summary.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-219) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue : setting the stage -- Creative voyage, 2005/2010 -- Libretto by Gene Scheer : Moby-Dick, an opera in two acts -- Rehearsing a world premiere, March/April 2010 -- Moby-Dick on the opera stage -- Act 1 -- Act 2 -- Bows, backstage, and bios -- Epilogue : sailing on.
- Call Number
- JNF 13-93
- ISBN
- 9781574415070 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1574415077 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1574415204 (ebook)
- 9781574415209 (ebook)
- 9781574415209 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2012042476
- OCLC
- 817721719
- Author
- Wallace, Robert K., 1944-
- Title
- Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick : a grand opera for the 21st century / Robert K. Wallace ; featuring libretto by Gene Scheer ; photographs by Karen Almond.
- Imprint
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-219) and index.
- Added Author
- Almond, Karen.Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.Scheer, Gene. Moby-Dick.
- Research Call Number
- JNF 13-93