Vincent Giroud: 3 books
Nicolas Nabokov
A Life in Freedom and Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Composer, cultural diplomat, and man about town, Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) counted among his intimate friends everyone from Igor Stravinsky to George Kennan. While today he is overshadowed by his more famous cousin Vladimir, Nicolas Nabokov was during his lifetime an outstanding and far-sighted player...
The Real Tales of Hoffmann
Origin, History, and Restoration of an Operatic Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Of all operas in the standard repertory, none has had a more complicated genesis and textual history than Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann. Based on a highly successful 1851 play inspired by the short stories by the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, the work occupied the last decade of Offenbach’s...
