Nicholas John (–1996)
Auteur de English National Opera Guide : Wagner : Tristan und Isolde
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Œuvres de Nicholas John
English National Opera Guide : Mozart : The Magic Flute (1980) — Series Editor, Preface, Contributor — 73 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Wagner : The Valkyrie : Die Walküre (1983) — Series Editor — 65 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Mozart : The Marriage of Figaro : Le nozze di Figaro (1983) — Series Editor — 58 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Wagner : Twilight of the gods : Götterdämmerung (1985) — Series Editor, Preface — 45 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Wagner : The Rhinegold : Das Rheingold (1984) — Series Editor — 38 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Puccini : La bohème (1982) — Series Editor; Contributeur — 36 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Monteverdi : Orfeo : The return of Ulysses : The coronation of Poppea (1992) — Series Editor — 29 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Wagner : The Mastersingers of Nuremberg : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1983) — Series Editor, Preface — 26 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Wagner : Der fliegende Holländer (1982) — Series Editor — 25 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Britten : Peter Grimes : Gloriana (1983) — Series Editor — 24 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Debussy : Pelléas & Mélisande (1982) — Series Editor — 24 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Janáček : Jenůfa + Káťa Kabanová (1985) — Series Editor — 23 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Stravinsky : Oedipus Rex : The rake's progress (1991) — Series Editor — 20 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Rossini : The barber of Seville + Moses (1985) — Series Editor — 19 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Musorgsky : Boris Godunov (1982) — Series Editor; Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
English National Opera Guide : Musorgsky : The Khovansky affair (1995) — Series Editor — 5 exemplaires
English National Opera: The Opening Seasons 2 exemplaires
La Bohème Puccini/Giacosa & Illica 1 exemplaire
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- Date de décès
- 1996-06-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Professions
- playwright
author
writer of program notes - Organisations
- English National Opera
- Courte biographie
- Nicholas John joined ENO as publications manager in 1976 and
was the company's dramaturge from 1985 until his death in 1996.
He was series editor of the original John Calder opera guides and
editor of Violetta and Her Sisters (Faber and Faber, 1983) and Power
House: The English National Opera Experience (Lime Tree, 1992).
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- Popularité
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- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
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- ISBN
- 210
- Langues
- 9
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