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Singers of the Century, Volume III.(Review)
Singers of the Century, Volume III by J. B. Steane Amadeus Press, 275 pp. $34.95
"The Century" is, of course, the one just ended, and as for singers, author John B. Steane has been hearing the great ones --in the flesh and on recordings -- for more than half of that century. The present volume is his third (and avowedly last) collection of fifty essays each, originally derived from columns in the British-based Opera Now magazine. With Giovanni Martinelli for an opener and Enrico Caruso at the end, Steane's writings encompass such present-day luminaries as Ben Heppner, Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu, Cecilia Bartoli and Renee Fleming, his stated purpose being "to seek out what is special in each of them" and "help keep the voices, the names and the circumstances of these remarkable lives in circulation." He juxtaposes biographical data with anecdotes about each singer's personal and professional life, comments from friends and critics, and most of all, his own impressions of the sound of the voice and his image of the artist onstage. In an essay on Lucrezia Bori, he makes the point that "she provides one of the reasons why records have such great value. It is not so much a matter of whether one generation of singers is better than another; it is that among them are irreplaceable individuals."
Steane is vivid and accurate ...
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