Joan Sutherland: The Authorized Biography
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316545554 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 324 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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An authorized biography of the opera legend includes details about her childhood in Australia, her struggle to achieve success, and her brilliant career as a great soprano, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at her great performances.
"Good but flawed." according to David A. Kemp. As opera buffs well know, Joan Sutherland was the greatest coloratura soprano of the second half of the twentieth century. This book, by the wife of recent British Prime Minister John Major, is a decent, competent, workmanlike biography, but not a truly excellent or outstanding one. Major has done most of her homework well, and there is much about the book that is attractive. It is readable and is about the right length (the biography itself is 2Good but flawed. David A. Kemp As opera buffs well know, Joan Sutherland was the greatest coloratura soprano of the second half of the twentieth century. This book, by the wife of recent British Prime Minister John Major, is a decent, competent, workmanlike biography, but not a truly excellent or outstanding one. Major has done most of her homework well, and there is much about the book that is attractive. It is readable and is about the right length (the biography itself is 248 p. 8 p. "A good companion to Sutherland's autobiography" according to Larry D. Rodriguez. After having read Sutherland's autobiography some time ago, I wasn't sure whether or not it was worth it to read Norma Major's book. Thankfully, there are enough anecdotes to set it apart from Sutherland's own account of her stratospheric career. Norma Major depicts, at the beginning, an awkward, ungainly Sutherland, in a manner that is almost embarrassing, but brutally honest. She also draws more parallels between Sutherland's career and that of Mar. David A. Kemp said Good but flawed.. As opera buffs well know, Joan Sutherland was the greatest coloratura soprano of the second half of the twentieth century. This book, by the wife of recent British Prime Minister John Major, is a decent, competent, workmanlike biography, but not a truly excellent or outstanding one. Major has done most of her homework well, and there is much about the book that is attractive. It is readable and is about the right length (the biography itself is "Good but flawed." according to David A. Kemp. As opera buffs well know, Joan Sutherland was the greatest coloratura soprano of the second half of the twentieth century. This book, by the wife of recent British Prime Minister John Major, is a decent, competent, workmanlike biography, but not a truly excellent or outstanding one. Major has done most of her homework well, and there is much about the book that is attractive. It is readable and is about the right length (the biography itself is 2Good but flawed. David A. Kemp As opera buffs well know, Joan Sutherland was the greatest coloratura soprano of the second half of the twentieth century. This book, by the wife of recent British Prime Minister John Major, is a decent, competent, workmanlike biography, but not a truly excellent or outstanding one. Major has done most of her homework well, and there is much about the book that is attractive. It is readable and is about the right length (the biography itself is 248 p. 8 p. Good but flawed. David A. Kemp As opera buffs well know, Joan Sutherland was the greatest coloratura soprano of the second half of the twentieth century. This book, by the wife of recent British Prime Minister John Major, is a decent, competent, workmanlike biography, but not a truly excellent or outstanding one. Major has done most of her homework well, and there is much about the book that is attractive. It is readable and is about the right length (the biography itself is 248 p. 8 p