Author: SKREBNESKI, VICTOR; DAN REST; TONY ROMANO
Title: Bravi: Lyric Opera of Chicago
Description: NY: Abbeville Press, 1994. 1558597719. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 1558597719. Illustrated by Victor Skrebneski. Publisher's full pictorial cloth boards. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Victor Skrebneski. Text by John von Rhein and Andrew Porter, the former music critic of The New Yorker Magazine, and the greatest living writer on opera. The artist/photographer's collection of photographs on the 40th anniversary of The Lyric Opera of Chicago. A brilliant production by Victor Skrebneski. Glossy red endpapers. Printed on thick coated stock. Presents Skrebneski's loving tribute to the ardor, beauty, and glamor of opera. The artist/photographer's homage to art-as-ecstasy celebrates in particular one of the world's greatest opera companies, The Lyric Opera of Chicago. Lavishly illustrated with B&W photographs of eleven opera stars as well as conductors, designers, directors, and a magnificent portfolio of production photographs taken between 1981 and 1994. "When you look at these wonderful pictures, I believe you can still hear the music, and you can still feel the electricity that must have existed in the house when the curtain went up. One of the most beautiful books about opera ever created" (Placido Domingo). Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition, still in the original shrink-wrap and mailing box from the Lyric Opera. NEW/NEW.. Photographs. Folio 13" - 23" tall. Unpaginated pp. New in New dust jacket .

Keywords: 1558597719 Music Opera Photography Chicago Lyric Opera


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