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Complete Preparation: A Guide to Auditioning for Opera [Paperback]

Joan Dornemann (Author), Maria Ciaccia (Author), Sherrill Milnes (Designer)

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Paperback: 149 pages
Publisher: Excalibur Publishing (NY); 1st Edition edition (July 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0962722634
ISBN-13: 978-0962722639
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Kind, realistic view of expected behaviour and preparation., May 15, 1998

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This review is from: Complete Preparation: A Guide to Auditioning for Opera (Paperback)

In this book Joan Dornemann gives us a basic introduction to operatic auditions from preparation, to aria choices, to behaviour at the audition. She includes little tidbits of her vast experience as a coach for interest. Her approach is kind, but realistic. Therefore, you may be empowered and exhilarated in one moment and completely depressed the next. In the end it made me wish that the purchase of the book came with a private coaching session with Ms. Dornemann. I look forward to a more complete record of Joan Dornemann's knowledge of the operatic repertoire, the pitfalls etc. She has only whetted my appetite.

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent primer for opera singers, August 2, 1999

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This book, written by two masters of the opera world, give the student or young professional everything they need to know about making it in the opera world, and that the secret is making tough rules for yourself and aiming for perfection. When I finished, I felt like I had just taken a master class.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy being taken by the hand by a magician-teacher., August 10, 1999

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This review is from: Complete Preparation: A Guide to Auditioning for Opera (Paperback)

I was brought into enjoying Opera by the public master classes by Ms. Dornemann. Those are experiences in colective levitation, when you feel one with a group of public, singers, teachers and composers.

The allways positive messages that she delivers (doesn't matter how they are expressed)read: "I am correcting you because you are terrific!"

The book brings lots of the experience, insight, common sense, kindness and warmth that makes her more than a great teacher: a true magician.

If you have been to one of her master classes, you will love the book, and if you read the book you will buy or borrow or steal a ticket for her master classes

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Marvelous book for a young opera singer. Joan Dornemann is a known teacher in the world of opera and her advices very important. It's a must for a young singer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like that all-important, supportive auntie that quietly reminds you that you already know most of this...
This may not be a book that will hand you that perfect opera role on a silver platter, it does give quite a bit of insight on things all of us auditioning people should know. Read more

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There is nothing more glorious than discovering the world of music and, more specifically, operatic music. Read the first page

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Don Giovanni, Metropolitan Opera, Madama Butterfly, New York, Don Carlo, Queen of the Night, Cosi Fan Tutte, Don Pasquale

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Cosi fan tutte (Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series) by Burton D. Fisher on page 33, and page 41
Bringing Soprano Arias to Life by Boris Goldovsky; Arthur Schoep in Back Matter

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