IRENE DALIS DIVA, IMPRESARIA, LEGEND IBD

Sinopsis

Irene Dalis was an opera star in theá20thácentury, performing leading roles alongside Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Birgit Nilsson, and Jussi Björling at the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, San Francisco, Bayreuth, and other major houses. áIn thisáauthorizedábiography ofáaáremarkable woman, we learn about her international career and the successful opera company she started in her hometown, San Jose, California. Filled with fascinating backstage anecdotes, stories of luck and perseverance, some of the most ecstatic performance reviews ever written, and sketches of the great impresarios Rudolf Bing, Wieland Wagner, Kurt Herbert Adler, and Lotfi Mansouri,áIrene Dalis: Diva, Impresaria, Legendáis also the story of talented young singers who come to San Jose to launch their careers. áThe candid and sometimes humorous account is generously illustrated with photographs of Miss DalisâÇÖs family, early career, stardom in America and Europe, and the memorable opera productions staged by Opera San Jose over the lastá40áyears. áBased on hundreds of hours of interviews with Irene Dalis, conductors, stage directors, former Opera San Jose resident artists, board members, orchestra members, and patrons,áthe bookáis also a celebration of something unique in America: an opera company that hires talentedáemergingásingers for years at a time, forming a stable ensemble of singers that the audience grows to know and love in their wildly varying roles.ááThisáis also a must-read for arts administrators, as an inspiring story of making a vision into a reality, overcoming obstacles, attracting the right people, and keeping oneâÇÖs institution in the black.ááThis new edition covers the last 10 years: Irene Dalis passes, Opera San Jose survives the pandemic and enters a thriving new era, premieres the first opera of aáworld-famousáyoung music prodigy, welcomes brilliant new artists, and creates a high-tech digital studio. With bonus chapters on opera lore, hilarious onstage bloopers, and other guilty pleasures.á346 pages.áIncludes appendix, discography, complete lists of Opera San Jose productions and residentáartists, sources,áand index.