Hints to singers / by Lillian Nordica ; together with an account of Lillian Nordica's training for the opera, as told in the letters of the singer and her mother, Amanda Allen Norton ; edited and with an introduction by William Armstrong.
- Title
- Hints to singers / by Lillian Nordica ; together with an account of Lillian Nordica's training for the opera, as told in the letters of the singer and her mother, Amanda Allen Norton ; edited and with an introduction by William Armstrong.
- Published by
- Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 1998.
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- Description
- x, 78 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Selecting the right teacher, developing confidence, overcoming stage fright, & many other important skills receive thoughtful discussion in this indispensable guide, written by a world-famous diva of four decades' experience.
- Subject
- Contents
- Introduction / William Armstrong -- Lillian Nordica's training for the opera : as told in the letters of the singer and her mother, Amanda Allen Norton -- Choice of singing as a profession -- Choice of a teacher and where to study -- How to study -- Obstacles to be met with and how to overcome them -- Stage deportment : either concert or opera -- Concert -- Opera and its apprenticeship -- Wagner -- Singer and audience -- The making of a career.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Note
- Lightly rev. ed. of: Lillian Nordica's hints to singers. c1923.
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- committed to retain