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Axel Zeininger&#8217;s  photographs provide a great variety of insights into 19 years of opera,  with the stars of generations of singers, from Placido Domingo to Anna  Netrebko. Facsimile prints of the original playbills make this book an  extraordinary document. The volume is rounded off with analyzes by arts  journalists Gert Korentschnig, Karl-Heinz Roschitz, Heinz Sichrovsky and  Wilhem Sinkovicz. \n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Text in English &amp; German.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An extraordinary compedium of opera history as made by Ioan Holender, who reflects on the 118 premi&egrave;res of his 19-year term as director of the Vienna State Opera.<br \/>Contents: Biography of Ioan Holender; Premieres: Wiener Staarsoper 1991\/1992 &#8211; 1999\/2000; Conclusion of the Analysts; Premieres: Wiener Staarsoper 2001\/2002 &#8211; 2009\/2010; Premieres: Wiener Volksoper 1991\/1992 &#8211; 1995\/1996; List of Premieres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[13406],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20274","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-music","7":"author-by-author-gert-korentschnig","8":"author-by-author-ioan-holenader","9":"author-by-author-wiener-volksoper","10":"publisher-edition-lammerhuber","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Close Up - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/close-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Close Up - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An extraordinary compedium of opera history as made by Ioan Holender, who reflects on the 118 premi&egrave;res of his 19-year term as director of the Vienna State Opera.Contents: Biography of Ioan Holender; 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