James Fenton
Author
Language
English
Description
Three Libretti-Ranging In Setting From Ancient Jerusalem To Pre-Apocalyptic London-From An Acclaimed Poet
This volume of libretti marks new work-and new terrain-for James Fenton. Commissioned by companies in New York and England, these musical pieces make the most of the poet's poignant, witty, and characteristically lyrical verse. Whether evoking modern-day London on the edge of apocalypse in The Love Bomb, a timeless land beyond the moon in this...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Benvenuto Cellini started getting onto trouble at a young age. By age sixteen, he had already been exiled from his hometown for six months due to a public assault of another citizen. As a man with endless talents- sculpting, drafting, writing, music, Cellini enjoyed dabbling in many different art forms, a career that enabled him to travel to various major cities. After apprenticing for a goldsmith, Cellini moved to Rome at age nineteen. There, Pope...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
A wry collection of poems in three parts, one of which is devoted to the dangers of love and the love of danger. A sample: "Beauty, danger and dismay / Met me on the public way. / Whichever I chose, I chose dismay." The other two parts comprise songs on political violence. By the author of Children in Exile.
14) Rigoletto
Author
Series
Opera guide volume 15
Publisher
Riverrun Press
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
16) Simon Boccanegra
Author
Series
Opera guide volume 32
Publisher
Riverrun Press
Pub. Date
1985
Language
English
