The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 1 by P. Craig Russell

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. His ambitious plan to adapt the great works of opera into comics form is audacious, but his flowing, poetic lines and fanciful colors are an art in and of themselves.Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Russell channels Aubrey Beardsley's original illustrations while giving the story his own spin.

Lastly, Salome, based on the Oscar Wilde play, decadently contrasts spiritual and physical virtue. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Volume 3: Adaptations of Pelleas & Melisande, Salome, Ein Heldentraum, Cavalleria Rusticana P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Volume 3 Adaptations of. Cavallieria Rusticana ('The Godfather's Code') is another story of cuckoldry it contrasts vengeance with the sunny rebirth of an Easter morning. Color Photographs 9 1/4 x 11 34 104 pages. Craig Russells Library of Opera Adaptations is a three-volume collection of classic operas. The short Ein Heldentraum is a single song, and Russell's art and coloring provide a unique reinterpretation of the lyrics and add an additional layer of meaning.

The beautiful illustrations and dream-like colors (evoking light, sea and stars) make this tortured story of love and grief even more epic. Russell's new interpretation of the metaphysical fantasies of Maeterlinck and Debussy is ravishing. The first, Pelléas & Mélisande, tells the story of a girl whom readers meet weeping in a forest, and the ensuing love triangle between her and brothers Pelléas and Golaud, which destroys them all. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations Vol. This final book in its series adapts Pelléas & Mélisande, Salome, Ein Heldentraum and Cavallieria Rusticana, introducing each opera with an educational text on the work and its author.

The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 1 by P. Craig Russell