| Description |
xiii, 311 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
'Push the pram for baby' -- Stitches and scales -- Innocents abroad -- Medemoiselle Lawrence -- Triumph in the sun -- Doubts, delays and disputes -- L'Etoile de l'Opera -- Apple pie and horseplay -- Storm clouds gathering -- Lucky strikes and jackboots -- Homecoming -- The glory years -- 'Was ich lieve, muss ich verlassen' -- 'Master of my fate and captain of my soul' -- Chin-up girl -- Off to war -- Twilight of the gods -- Interruped melody -- Professor Lawrence -- 'Leb' whol' |
| Summary |
This title recounts the turbulent life and career of Marjorie Lawrence one of Australia's most renowned opera stars. From humble beginnings in rural Victoria, Lawrence rose to become one of the pre eminent Wagner singers of her generation acclaimed in Europe and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York where she shared roles with Kirsten Flagstad |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes index, bibliography and discography (pages 253-301) |
| Subject |
Lawrence, Marjorie, 1909-1979
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Lawrence, Marjorie.
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Opera -- Biography.
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Poliomyelitis -- Patients -- Australia -- Biography.
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Singers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Poliomyelitis -- Australia.
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Sopranos (Singers) -- Australia -- Biography.
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Women singers -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781743051221 (paperback) |
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