Strange Child of Chaos: Norman Treigle
by Morgan, Brian
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0595388981
- ISBN 13
- 9780595388981
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About This Item
iUniverse, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This first edition is in very good condition with its original cardboard slipcase. This is the fascinating story of one of America's greatest singers, Norman Treigle (1927?1975). Born in the South's most exotic city, New Orleans, he was acclaimed as one of history's finest singing-actors, specialising in r les that evoked villainy and terror, and was a resident star at the adventurous New York City Opera.In this, the first biography of the legendary bass-baritone, you will read of his colourful life in New Orleans, his self-destructive life-style, the seeming contradictions in his complex character, his passion for the race-track, his enormous voice and emaciated physique, his electrifying stage-presence and astonishing acting ability, why he never sang at the Metropolitan Opera, and his mysterious, sudden death at the age of forty-seven. Read also of his relationships with his closest colleagues, including Beverly Sills, Phyllis Curtin, Jon Vickers, Pl cido Domingo, Michael Devlin, Carlisle Floyd, Julius Rudel, Tito Capobianco and Frank Corsaro.Based on the singer's private files, years of extensive research, and interviews with many of his relatives, friends and colleagues, Strange Child of Chaos (a quote from Mefistofele, his greatest triumph) is a tale of the troubled life of an incomparable artist of an elemental power, who bestrode the stage for too brief a moment.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2204103
- Title
- Strange Child of Chaos: Norman Treigle
- Author
- Morgan, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0595388981
- ISBN 13
- 9780595388981
- Publisher
- iUniverse
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, Indiana, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2006
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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