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American aria; encore, 2d ed.

In this revised and updated paperback edition, operatic baritone Milne provides his autobiography, which details his life and career from his roots growing up on a farm in Illinois to his current life as a teacher at Northwestern University, conductor, competition judge, and co-founder of the non-profit organization VOICExperience. He describes performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus, specific opera performances with regional companies and the Metropolitan Opera, friendships, and his vocal cord injuries. A chronology of his performances and list of Metropolitan Opera Company performances concludes the book. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Wagner moments; a celebration of favorite Wagner experiences.

About 100 writers, musicians, artists, composers, and others from the past and present describe moments of epiphany or times when they were moved by the music of Richard Wagner. The brief descriptions come from individuals such as Margaret Atwood, W. H. Auden, Daniel Barenboim, Willa Cather, Paul Cézanne, Plácido Domingo, T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, Wassily Kandinsky, Friedrich Nietzsche, Beverly Sills, Arturo Toscanini, and Virginia Woolf. Many are excerpts from other works. There is no index. Holman, a historian and lecturer, is the chairman of the Wagner Society of Washington D.C. He is the author of Wagner's Ring — A Listener's Companion and Concordance. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)