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Seeing Through

A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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At eight years old, Ricky Ian Gordon pulled The Victor Book of the Opera off his piano teacher’s bookshelf, and his world shifted on its axis. Though scandal, sadness, and confusion would shake that world over the next few decades, its polestar remained constant. Music has been the guiding force of Gordon’s life; through it, he has been able not only to survive great sorrow but also to capture the depths of emotion in song. It is this strength, this technical and visceral genius, that has made him one of our generation’s greatest composers.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-08-18
Mått146 x 223 x 33 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePicador
Antal sidor496
FörlagSt Martin's Press
ISBN9781250390424

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Ricky Ian Gordon was born in Oceanside, New York, and was raised on Long Island. After studying piano, composition, and acting at Carnegie Mellon University, he settled in New York City, where he quickly emerged as a leading writer of vocal music that spans art song, opera, and musical theater. His songs have been performed and recorded by Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Nathan Gunn, Judy Collins, Kelli O'Hara, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, and many others. His works include Orpheus and Euridice, Morning Star, The Grapes of Wrath, 27, Green Sneakers, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Ellen West, and Intimate Apparel.