Sutherland and Bonynge : An Intimate Biography
by Eaton, Quaintance
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0396089453
- ISBN 13
- 9780396089452
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xv 331 pages, indexed, the pages are tanned and the front end paper is pencil stained from the erasure of a price (?), else the book appear unread. "In this biography of "La Stupenda,'' a well-known American writer on opera draws on her own acquaintance with Joan Sutherland and her conductor-husband, ``Ricky'' Bonynge. ``Tall, clumsy and awkward,'' a slow learner with a bad memory, constantly suffering from a sinus condition, the Australian soprano had little acting ability to go with her fabulous voice, but under Bonynge's tutelage she began singing coloratura roles in the bel canto tradition, enlarged her repertory and comprehension, and achieved world-wide recognition. Eaton depicts a frugal, down-to-earth woman, now a 61-year-old grandmother, amazingly lacking in vanity, who never tires of singing and whose vocal cords have been pronounced fit and healthy for at least another 15 years. She also reveals the different temperaments of husband and wife and the nature of their unswerving partnership. A personal and lively book, but it lacks a catalogue of performances and detailed discography" (Publisher's Weekly)
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020378
- Title
- Sutherland and Bonynge : An Intimate Biography
- Author
- Eaton, Quaintance
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0396089453
- ISBN 13
- 9780396089452
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Opera Joan Sutherland La Stupenda Richard Bonynge
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Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.