Franco Alfano Transcending Turandot

This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Franco Alfano (1875-1954), who is most-known for completing Giacomo Puccini's Turandot after Puccini's death. The book includes 24 previously unpublished photos, an appendix listing the composer's opus, plot synopses of his operas, a foreword by Magda Olivero, and an index of names.

Konrad Dryden is professor of music and German at the University of Maryland University College-Europe and the author of Leoncavallo: Life and Works (Scarecrow Press, 2007).

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Archive Key	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Posillipo-Leipzig-Mimnrfa (1875-1896)	p. 1
La fonte d'Enscir(1897-1899)	p. 8
Resurrezione and II Principe Zilah (1899-1909)	p. 13
L'ombra di Don Giovanni (1910-1914)	p. 32
La leggenda di Sakùntala, Tagore and Tragedy (1915-1921)	p. 41
Turandot (1921-1925)	p. 49
Mary Garden-Vienna-Rostand (1926)	p. 59
Mussolini and Balzac (1927)	p. 70
Metropolitan Opera Premiere (1928)	p. 86
A Tale of Two Operas (1928-1929)	p. 93
France and an American Saint (1930-1931)	p. 104
Cyrano de Bergerac (1932-1933)	p. 118
Palermo and Don Juan de Manara (1934-1941)	p. 131
Wartime Phoenix (1942-1947)	p. 146
Final Years (1948-1954)	p. 158
Opera Plots	p. 167
The Alfano Opus	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 195
About the Author	p. 203
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Franco Alfano Transcending Turandot

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