This bountiful book is a comprehensive guide to the thousands of films, DVDs, and videocassettes featuring operas and opera singers from 1896 to the present. From ABC Television to Franco Zeffirelli, the encyclopedia is a storehouse of fascinating information for film and opera aficionados and casual browsers alike. Find answers to such questions as:
* What were the first operas filmed?
* Why did they make silent films of operas?
* Why was a pseudo-opera written for Citizen Kane?
* What was the title of Maria Callas's only...
This bountiful book is a comprehensive guide to the thousands of films, DVDs, and videocassettes featuring operas and opera singers from 1896 to the p...
Musical accompaniment to films was an important feature of the early moviegoing experience. The quality of a musical score could easily make or break films in the silent era, and the songs themselves sometimes became more popular than the films. Conversely, the silent cinema became a major subject in popular music, inspiring a flood of songs about the films, the stars and the experience of going to the movies. Today, few of these songs are remembered.This study begins the documentation of the lost history of songs of the silent cinema. Part one, Movies and Moviegoing, chronologically lists...
Musical accompaniment to films was an important feature of the early moviegoing experience. The quality of a musical score could easily make or break ...
The silent-film era was known in part for its cliffhanger serials and air of suspense that kept audiences returning to theaters week after week. This guide to silent films with mystery and detective content lists over 1,500 titles in one of entertainment's most popular and enduring genres.
The silent-film era was known in part for its cliffhanger serials and air of suspense that kept audiences returning to theaters week after week. This ...
