Nelson Eddy: The Opera Years
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Nelson Eddy: The Opera Years is a biography
by Sharon Rich
, with a chapter featuring Jeanette MacDonald
's opera career.
Before he became a movie star, Nelson Eddy
was an opera star. This photo-filled book is a study of that career and a compilation of virtually every review, interview and article written about him from 1922 until 1935, when his success in the MGM musical Naughty Marietta co-starring soprano Jeanette MacDonald
convinced him that his future was in Hollywood. Included are reproduced pages and clippings from his personal scrapbooks with his handwritten notations and many rare photographs, all his operas (including some tenor and bass roles), his oratorios, radio, earliest interviews and insight into his youthful romances.
An extra chapter includes Jeanette MacDonald's opera career (1943-45), plus coverage and rare photos of their operatic scenes in film, including the lost "Tosca" Act II from Maytime. There are also excerpts from an unproduced movie script written by Nelson on the life of Feodor Chaliapin
, in which he had planned to play dual roles--Chaliapin and himself.
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
by Sharon Rich
Sharon Rich
Sharon Rich has written eight books and edited and written over sixty magazine articles about 1930s singing stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. She was close friends for many years with Jeanette's older sister, actress Blossom Rock...
, with a chapter featuring Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy...
's opera career.
Before he became a movie star, Nelson Eddy
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Ackerman Eddy was an American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred...
was an opera star. This photo-filled book is a study of that career and a compilation of virtually every review, interview and article written about him from 1922 until 1935, when his success in the MGM musical Naughty Marietta co-starring soprano Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy...
convinced him that his future was in Hollywood. Included are reproduced pages and clippings from his personal scrapbooks with his handwritten notations and many rare photographs, all his operas (including some tenor and bass roles), his oratorios, radio, earliest interviews and insight into his youthful romances.
An extra chapter includes Jeanette MacDonald's opera career (1943-45), plus coverage and rare photos of their operatic scenes in film, including the lost "Tosca" Act II from Maytime. There are also excerpts from an unproduced movie script written by Nelson on the life of Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin was a Russian opera singer. The possessor of a large and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form.During the first phase...
, in which he had planned to play dual roles--Chaliapin and himself.