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by: P. Craig Russell  List Price: $17.95 Amazon.com's Price: $14.00 You Save: $3.95 (22%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781561633739 ISBN: 1561633739 Label: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Manufacturer: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 129 Publication Date: 2004-05 Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Studio: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In this volume, Russells classic adaptations of Richard Wagners Parsifal from the legend of the Holy Grail, Ariane & Bluebeard by Maeterlinck and Dukas, "The Clowns" taken from I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, as well as two songs by Mahler: "The Drinking Song of Earths Sorrow" and "Unto This World." Average Rating:
 Rating: - very fine graphic novelI decided to read this volume because I enjoyed Russell's adaptation of The Magic Flute, and while that one was a little better, some of the stories in this one were very, very good. I liked Parsifal. It had all the elements of a great fantasy story. The other adaptations were very good, too. In all, I'd say it's very good and very unique. Rating: - A New Way to Look at OperaThis graphic novel is a wonderful way to tell the stories of operas. Operas have complex plots, bigger than life characters and lots of action. P. Craig Russell captures all of these in his graphic novels. Rating: - Great stories, great artOpera is a grand tradition of musical story-telling. The repertoire includes many stories adapted from myth or mythic in themsleves. Opera is also, I'm afraid, an acquired taste, and one that I have not acquired. That's part of the reason I'm so happy to see these adaptations in a form I can appreciate. Another part of the reason is that I just like Russell's art, no matter what story it tells. Opera purists may object, but hey - it gets people like me interested in the ... Read More 
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