How Operas Are Created by Composers and Librettists: The Life of Jack Beeson, American Opera Composer

By Jack Beeson

In this memoir, Jack Beeson describes the process of writing and collaborating, his many encounters and conversations with luminaries of his generation, and the varied and tangled events leading to his ten opera's premieres in theatres and on television, here and abroad.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773449477
• ISBN13: 9780773449473
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 7.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 6.3"