This is the first comprehensive biography of one of opera history's most important personalities. Renowned Spanish tenor, successful singing teacher, prolific composer, and significant popularizer of Rossini and Mozart roles, Garc�a was an influential figure in the international operatic scene of his time. Garc�a's life is chronicled from his earliest operatic role years in Seville until his death in Paris in 1832, with substantial reference to previously undiscovered reviews and letters.
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`exhaustively researched ... scotches various myths ... quotations from contemporary journals provide a fascinating chronicle of early 19th-century operatic criticism.' BBC Music Magazine, Feb. 2001.
`James Radomsik's new biography brings vividly to life the theatre world of Madrid, Paris and London in the early years of the 19th Century ... the intricacies and intriques of Spanish cultural politics ... make for fascinating reading, as Radomski supplies page after page of unpublished documents.' Carlos Maria Solare, Opera Dec. 2000.
`Radomski quotes extensively from reviews which throw an interesting light on national tastes.' Carlos Maria Solare, Opera Dec. 2000.
`Radomski scrupulously avoids re-telling any of the many legends attached to Garcia ... He obviously likes Manuel Garcia, prominent warts and all, and has gone to great lengths to do justice to the man.' Carlos Maria Solare, Opera Dec. 2000.
`James Radomsik's new biography brings vividly to life the theatre world of Madrid, Paris and London in the early years of the 19th Century ... the intricacies and intriques of Spanish cultural politics ... make for fascinating reading, as Radomski supplies page after page of unpublished documents.' Carlos Maria Solare, Opera Dec. 2000.
`Radomski quotes extensively from reviews which throw an interesting light on national tastes.' Carlos Maria Solare, Opera Dec. 2000.
`Radomski scrupulously avoids re-telling any of the many legends attached to Garcia ... He obviously likes Manuel Garcia, prominent warts and all, and has gone to great lengths to do justice to the man.' Carlos Maria Solare, Opera Dec. 2000.
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James Radomski is Assistant Professor of Music at California State University, San Bernardino, USA
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