Gail Gilmore - Diva furiosa

Dr. Rainer Hackel (*1963 in Leipzig) studied in German Language and Literature, Philosophy and Musicology in Frankfurt am Main. He received his doctorate in 2009, Doctoral Thesis covering narrative works by Gertrud Fussenegger. He has published many music critiques in a number of professional journals. He lives in Frankfurt am Main. Gail Gilmore is one of the greatest opera and Gospel singers of our time. She sang with other greats like Jose' Carreras and Peter Hofmann and was the star of the "Gielen Era" at the Frankfurt Opera in Germany. Rainer Hackel tells the Turbulent life of this "Diva Furiosa" in an exciting an entertaining way: from her childhood, the time of racial discrimination in the southern United States, to the journey to Germany and eventually to all the most famous opera houses of the world. Numerous photos graphically document the life of this famous singer.

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Michael Gielen, geboren 1927 in Dresden. Emigration 1940 nach Argentinien, 1950 - 60 Kapellmeister an der Wiener Staatsoper. Chefdirigate in Stockholm (1960 - 65), Brüssel (1969 - 73) und Amsterdam (1973 - 75). Von 1977 - 87 GMD und Operndirektor der Oper Frankfurt am Main, daneben zahlreiche andere Verpflichtungen. 1987 - 95 Professor für "Dirigieren" am "Mozarteum", Salzburg. Seit 1999 ständiger Gastdirigent in Berlin.

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Gail Gilmore is one of the greatest opera and Gospel singers of our time. She sang with other greats like Jose Carreras and Peter Hofmann and was the star of the »Gielen Era« at the Frankfurt Opera in Germany. Rainer Hackel tells the turbulant life of this »Diva Furiosa« in an exciting and entertaining way: from her childhood, the time of racial discrimination in the southern United States, to the journey to Germany and eventually to all the most famous opera houses of the world. Numerous photos graphically document the life of this famous singer.