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Craig Russell's adaptation of one of Mozart's most famous operas, a farcical tale mixed with fantasy involving the Queen of the Night, who sets Prince Tamino on a quest to rescue her daughter, Pamina, from the evil Sarastro. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $24.95. This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Parsifal!" Adapted by P. Craig Russell. Russell's classic adaptations of Richard Wagner's 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 Earth's Sorrow" and "Unto This World." Hardcover, 8-in. x 11 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $24.95. This item is not in stock. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Pelleas and Melisande, Salome, Ein Heldentraum, and Cavalleria Rusticana!" Adapted by P. Craig Russell. This collection of Russell's classic adaptations concludes with Pelleas & Melisande by Maeterlinck and Debussy, Salome by Richard Strauss and the all new The Godfather's Code from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95. Customer Testimonials Our customers have some nice things to say about us: Customer Testimonials Mailing List Join our Mailing List for news and sales. We’ve been selling comics since 1961 (our first sale: Fantastic Four #1 at $0.25, see one of our first ads) and on the web since 1996. Copyright © 1996 - 2021 Lone Star Comics Inc. Character images copyright © their respective owners. Russell, P. Craig. Born October 30, 1951, in Wellsville, OH; son of Dwight Shontz (a clothing store owner) and Jean (a homemaker and secretary; maiden name, Bushong) Russell. Education: University of Cincinnati, B.F.A. (painting), 1974. Politics: Libertarian. Hobbies and other interests: Piano (classical and salon). Addresses. Home— 417 East College St., Kent, OH 44240. Agent— Mike Friedrich, Star Reach Productions, 2991 Shattuck Ave., Ste. 202, Berkeley, CA 94705. Career. Freelance graphic story artist, 1972—. Marvel Comics, New York, NY, illustrator and adapter, worked on comic series, including "Batman," "War of the Worlds," "Epic Illustrated," "Dr. Strange," "Sandman," "Killraven," and assorted "Elric" titles adapted from the works of Michael Moorcock; Eclipse Comics, Forestville, CA, created comic-book adaptations of operas, including "Parsifal," "Salomé," "Ariane and Bluebeard," and "The Magic Flute"; Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, OR, writer and illustrator of comic series "Elric: Stormbringer," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Star Wars", and other titles. Kent State University, Kent, OH, instructor in illustration, 1981, 1983. Awards, Honors. Shazam Award for Best New Talent, 1974; Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album, 1993, for Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde—Volume 1; Parents' Choice Award, 1994, and 1995, for Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde; Eisner Award for Best Limited Series, 2001, for The Ring of the Nibelung. Writings. GRAPHIC NOVELS; AND ILLUSTRATOR. The Chimera, Earthart Graphics, 1976. (Co-plotter) Marv Wolfman, Dr. Strange Annual, number 1, Marvel Comics Group (New York, NY), 1976. Night Music 1 (originally published as a comic-book series), Eclipse Enterprises (Forestville, CA), 1979. (With Don McGregor) Killraven, Warrior of the Worlds (originally published as a comic-book series), Marvel Comics Group (New York, NY), 1983. Elric: Stormbringer (originally published as a comic-book series), Dark Horse (Milwaukie, OR), 1998. Isolation and Illusion: Collected Short Stories, 1977-1997, Dark Horse (Milwaukie, OR), 2003. Also contributor of stories and illustrations to comic series, including "Robin 3000," and "9-11: September 11th, 2001," DC Comics, 2002. Contributor to periodicals, including Imagine and National Lampoon. GRAPHIC NOVELS; ADAPTER AND ILLUSTRATOR. Pelleas and Melisande: The Classic Story of Love and Death (originally published in comic-book format), translated by Barry Daniels, Eclipse Books (Guerneville, CA), 1985. Salomé (originally published in comic-book format), Eclipse Books (Forestville, CA), 1986. Rudyard Kipling's Red Dog (originally published as a comic-book series), Eclipse Books (Forestville, CA), 1988. Ariane and Bluebeard (based on the opera by Maurice Mäterlinck and Paul Dukas; originally published as a comic-book series), Eclipse Books (Forestville, CA), 1989. The Magic Flute (based on the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; originally published as a comic-book series), Eclipse Books (Forestville, CA), 1990. The Scarlet Letter (from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne; originally published in comic-book format), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1990. Opera (based on works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, Strauss, and Claude Debussy; originally published in comic-book format), Eclipse Books (Forestville, CA), 1990. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (originally published in comic-book format), three volumes, Nantier Beall Minoustchine (New York, NY), 1992-98. (With Jo Duffy and Lovern Kindzierski) Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book Stories, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine (New York, NY), 1997. The Clowns (I pagliacci), translated by Marc Andreyko, Dark Horse (Milwaukie, OR), 1998. Richard Wagner, The Ring of the Nibelung (originally published in comic-book format), Volume One: The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie Volume Two: Siegfried and Gotterdammerung: The Twilight of the Gods, translated by Patrick Mason, Dark Horse (Milwaukie, OR), 2002. Neil Gaiman, Murder Mysteries, Dark Horse (Milwaukie, OR), 2002. P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations (originally published in comic-book format), two volumes, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine (New York, NY), 2004. Adapter and illustrator of operas and stories for comic series "Night Music," Eclipse Comics, 1984-90. Adapter and illustrator of Richard Wagner's Siegfried and the Dragon, for comic series "Epic Illustrated," Marvel Comics, 1980; Cyrano De Bergerac's A Voyage to the Moon, Marvel Comics, 1992; and H. P. Lovecraft's "From Beyond" in the series "Heavy Metal," 1994. Contributor to Clive Barker's Tapping the Vein —Book One, Eclipse Books, 1989; Within Our Reach, Star*Reach Productions, 1991; and Ray Bradbury Chronicles—Volume 1, Bantam Spectra, 1992. ILLUSTRATOR. Roy Thomas, Elric—The Dreaming City (based on the story by Michael Moorcock), Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 1982. Roy Thomas, Elric of Melnibone (based on the novel by Michael Moorcock), Graphitti Designs (Anaheim, CA), 1986. Achmed Abdullah, The Thief of Baghdad, Donning (Virginia Beach, VA), 1987. Patrick C. Mason, Parsifal: Part I: His Journey, (adapted from the opera by Richard Wagner), Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine (New York, NY), 2003. Illustrator of comic-book series adaptations of Wagner's Parsifal, Star*Reach, 1978; Michael Moorcock's "Elric—While the Gods Laugh," for "Epic Illustrated," 1982; Hugo Wolf's "Ein Heldentraum (A Hero's Dream)," for "Epic Illustrated," 1985; and Moorcock's Elric: Weird of the White Wolf, for First Comics, 1986. Illustrator of comic-book series "Batman," DC Comics, 1992, and "Sandman," DC Comics, 1993. Inker for Star Wars: Crimson Empire, Dark Horse, 1998. Work in Progress. More volumes in the Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde series. Sidelights. Illustrator and graphic novelist P. Craig Russell has blended a love of classical opera with artwork noted for its lush line, attention to detail, and classical themes to create graphic-novel adaptations of musical works ranging from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Richard Strauss's Salomé. Russell's two-volume treatment of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung trilogy was a massive five-year project of love that garnered Russell an Eisner Award and further critical acclaim. Additionally, his adaptations of fairy tales by nineteenth-century Irish writer Oscar Wilde and of stories by Rudyard Kipling have won awards and a readership that stretches beyond the usual comic-book audience. Russell has also contributed artwork to more typical superhero comic books, starting out with Marvel Comics on "Batman" and "Dr. Strange." "So many stories, so many pictures, so few hours in the day," Russell once commented. From Superheroes to Sopranos. Born in Ohio in 1951, Russell attended the University of Cincinnati, where he earned a B.F.A. in painting and illustration in 1974. By this time he was already contributing artwork to Marvel Comics, working on the Dr. Strange Annual as well as the "Killraven" comic books. Both titles deal in fantasy worlds; in "Killraven" he illustrated the eponymous gladiator who does battle with the Martians in a world inspired by that of H. G. Wells in War of the Worlds. He also inked various "Batman" episodes in the early 1970s. Working for Eclipse Comics, Russell began to turn his attention to artistic themes with "Dance on a Razor's Edge," a short story about the ritual suicide of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. In 1976 he adapted his first opera, Parsifal, Wagner's final work. In 1978 he created a comic book series dealing with one scene from The Ring of the Nibelung; this was enough to set him on a quarter-century quest to complete the entire "Ring" sequence. "I was always into classical music," Russell noted on Horizons Online. Throughout high school he studied piano and formed an early love of opera. After working several years at Marvel, he decided to do "opera comics because I wanted to do books that were more in line with the things I was interested in. Typical superhero books didn't interest me." He began looking for libretti with "literary meat," ones that had a good, strong story. Meanwhile, he was also doing more traditional fantasy artwork, as in "Elric: The Dreaming City" and "Elric of Melnibone," both adapted from Michael Moorcock's novel Elric, about an albino warrior. Working with Eclipse Comics, Russell published a string of comic books based on operas, choral, and orchestral works. His "The Drinking Song of Earth's Sorrow," a four-page tale, was based on music for orchestra by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, as was "Unto This World," a song cycle. With Pelleas and Melisande, he adapted the symbolist opera of Claude Debussy, based on the story by Maurice Mäterlinck. A story of doomed love, the tale gave Russell vent to use his art nouveau line, as did Salomé, his adaptation of the Richard Strauss opera. With this adaptation, Russell was heavily influenced by the "signature theme," as he noted in Horizons. Ariane and Bluebeard is based on another opera that was adapted from a Mäterlinck story. With The Magic Flute, Russell tackled the tale of Prince Tamino, who is given a magical flute by the queen of the Night in order to rescue her daughter from the supposed villain, Sarastro. In actuality, Sarastro turns out to be a good man, the queen the villain. Steve Raiteri, reviewing the 2003 publication of the combined series as The Magic Flute, called Russell's artwork "marvelous," noting that he blends "realistic figures with decorative backgrounds." A contributor for Publishers Weekly, reviewing the graphic-novel edition, had high praise for the book: "Sure and confident, Russell's art switches from tense action sequences to slapstick without missing a beat." The same reviewer thought Russell also struck "just the right tones" with his dialogue, and concluded that this "classic adaptation displays the artist's skill at both writing and illustrating." Fairy Tales, Mowgli, and the Nibelung. In 1992 Russell brought out his first volume of Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, including the stories "The Selfish Giant" and "The Star Child." Both of these "adeptly capture Wilde's ability to bring a gentle, unexpected note of pathos" to the fairy tale, according to a reviewer for Publishers Weekly. Here Russell's pre-Raphaelite and art nouveau styles are in evidence, as well as a cartoon-like feel. For the Publishers Weekly contributor, "Russell matches Wilde's literary skills with his estimable artistic talent." The third volume of The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde focuses on "The Birthday of the Infanta," telling of the birthday party of a spoiled princess and the dwarf who amuses her. Booklist 's GraceAnne A. DeCandido praised Russell's "classic comics-graphic novel style," and concluded that "older children will appreciate the edgy story and the mouth-filling language as well as the format." Russell has also adapted the tales of Rudyard Kipling in several volumes of the Jungle Book Stories, featuring the adventures of the young boy Mowgli. Among the tales included are "The King's Ankus, Red Dog," and "Spring Running," which follow the jungle youth from childhood to adolescence. But continually Russell comes back to his opera adaptations, as with the 1997 visioning of Leoncallo's The Clowns (I pagliacci), featuring a group of entertainers in nineteenth-century Italy and their play-within-a-play of a cheating wife. With the two volumes of The Ring of the Nibelung, Russell completed a massive, 424-page effort that retells Richard Wagner's "Ring Cycle" of operas, Das Rhinegold, Die Valkyrie, Siegfried, and Die Götterdämmerung or Twilight of the Gods. This tale of the cursed ring taken from the Rhine maidens follows the efforts of Siegfried to save civilization. For Devin Leonard, writing in Fortune, Russell's adaptation is "a terrific road map if you're visiting Wagner country for the first time." Similarly, Jody Sharp, writing in School Library Journal, found that Russell "has brilliantly adapted" Wagner's work. Finishing the Wagner project in 2002, Russell took on smaller books for a time, gathering some of his earlier short stories in Isolation and Illusion: Collected Short Stories, 1977-1997. Reviewing this work, Booklist 's Ray Olson noted that Russell "has a sinuous line few can match, a refined eye for shading and coloration, a flair for dramatic composition, and figure-drawing skills for days." Russell has also collaborated with writer Neil Gaiman, of "Sandman" fame, on several volumes, including the 2002 Murder Mysteries, a tale of two connected deaths, one of long ago in Silver City, and another contemporary one in Los Angeles. Booklist 's Olson thought that Russell "does the heavy lifting" in this adaptation, and that his "highly polished mainstream-comics draftsmanship, coloring, and composition fit Gaiman's elegantly ambiguous story just about perfectly." Similarly, a Publishers Weekly reviewer concluded that Russell's "crisp and vividly rendered drawings capture the haunting sense of loss and isolation Gaiman expresses in this mythic tale of love and jealousy." If you enjoy the works of P. Craig Russell. If you enjoy the works of P. Craig Russell, you might want to check out the following books: Neil Gaiman, "Sandman" series, 1989-1996. Alan Moore, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 2 volumes, 2002-2003. Roy Thomas, Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, 1997. "I believe the graphic story art form to be one of the best kept secrets of the day," Russell once commented. "I particularly like doing adaptations. The challenge, like that of the screenplay (from novel to film), is to deconstruct a piece and then to reconstruct it in another form, exploiting the possibilities and meeting the demands of that new form, while remaining true to the spirit of the original. It takes a jigsaw puzzle mind combined with a love of imagery to make it work. I can't imagine being in any other field." Biographical and Critical Sources. PERIODICALS. Booklist, April 1, 1999, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, Volume Three, p. 1406; September 1, 2002, Ray Olson, review of Murder Mysteries, pp. 37-38; April 15, 2003, Ray Olson, review of Isolation and Illusion, p. 1458. Fortune, July 9, 2001, Devin Leonard, "Holy Wotan!," p. 222. Library Journal, July 15, 2003, Steve Raiteri, review of The Magic Flute, p. 70. Publishers Weekly, November 9, 1992, review of The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, Volume One, p. 85; September 30, 2002, review of Murder Mysteries, p. 52; September 1, 2003, review of The Magic Flute, p. 66. School Library Journal, May, 2003, Jody Sharp, review of The Ring of the Nibelung: Volume One, p. 182; July 15, 2003, Steve Raiteri, review of The Magic Flute, p. 70. ONLINE. ArtBomb.net, http://www.artbomb.net/ (December 31, 2003), Kelly Sue DeConnick, review of Murder Mysteries . Dark Horse Web site, http://www.darkhorse.com/ (December 31, 2003), Shawna Ervin-Gore and Michael Gilman, interview with Russell. Horizons Online, http://www.horizons.uc.edu/ (June, 2002), P. Craig Russell, "How to Take Opera from Stage to Page." P. Craig Russell Fan site, http://frpeneaud.free.fr/ (December 29, 2003). P. Craig Russell Official Web site http://www.lurid.com/pcr/ (May 25, 2004).* Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. MLA Chicago APA. "Russell, P. Craig ." Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 58 . . Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2021 < https://www.encyclopedia.com > . "Russell, P. Craig ." Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 58 . . Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2021). https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/russell-p-craig. "Russell, P. Craig ." Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 58 . . Retrieved June 01, 2021 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/russell-p-craig. Citation styles. 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PCR has done a wonderful service to the world of opera. If you’ve ever developed hemorrhoids sitting through 4 nights of interminable Ring Cycle or pinched your face at Pagliacci, these books can console you. They are not just for reading, they are a visual treat. Caveat: They are mostly NOT FOR CHILDREN. The Ring of the Nibelung contains sexy Rhinemaidens and an incestuous brother/sister relationship which becomes a vital issue in The Valkyrie . Salome has a father lusting after his twinkle-toes daughter who has a bent for necrophilia. {{’Scuse me. I just threw up in my mouth a little.}} The pictures are pretty, but kids don’t need to see that. There’s nothing of the Bugs Bunny cuteness. Operatic stories are positively venal. That’s why the music is so powerful that it entangles your spirit and draws it out of you. You can feel it being drawn from you. Russell’s style captures that very well. It’s otherworldly, with bold colors and tall frames. Russell is very good at capturing male and female beauty. Glowing eyes, alluring features. It’s dead sexy, as Fat Bastard would say. And hate. That mad clamor of revenge and wrath. He captures it wonderfully. There’s blood, too. Lots and lots of blood. These are meant to be story books, so they do not contain a translation of the libretto. In the Nibelung books, they do a respectable job of recreating some of the more dramatic aria scenes. Like when Siegmund takes the sword from Sieglinde’s husband’s house, thus manifesting a prophesy. Pelleas et Melisande also has a very good driving dialogue that mimics the leitmotifs respectably. (I hope that’s the right word.) There’s a negative review at the -Zon that calls the books tacky, garish, and styleless. I can see why one would think that, but it’s a frikkin’ comic book. The dustjacket plainly states "adaptation". It’s supposed to be garish. Restraint wasn’t in Wagner’s psychological makeup. If it was, we would have no Ring Cycle . We’d have James Taylor, who already has his own gig, I’ve heard. So here is a vital issue when dealing with mythology — you can’t judge gods and goddesses by human standards. I’m not saying the "I" word is okay if you’re a god; it’s repulsive and wrong on so many levels, but gods operate under standards that have no place in the human realm. That being the case, mythology makes for amazing operas. If you can allow yourself to suspend disbelief. If you happen to check out the links at H&BRecordings Direct, please reference The Festering Blurb . I have been a customer of H&B since the 90s when I used to work at their San Antonio office. That was one of the best jobs I ever had. They are wonderful people. Opera: Parsifal Salome Mahler Pelleas & Melisande by P. Craig Russell. The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, vol. 1 THE MAGIC FLUTE Long out of print, the many adaptations that Russell has done of famous operas are finally collected again in 3 volumes, in the wake of his highly successful massive recent adaptation of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung. This first volume presents his adaptation of one of Mozart’s most famous works, a farcical tale mixed with fantasy. The story begins as the Queen of the Night sets Prince Tamino on a quest to rescue her daughter, Pamina from the evil Sarastro. On the way, he meets the bird- catcher Papageno, who is “persuaded” to help Tamino in his quest. Tamino’s spiritual quest is counterpoised with Papageno’s own earthly search for his one true love, Papagena. Both couples’ strivings are juxtaposed with the eternal conflict between Sarastro and the Queen of the Night. "NBM's reprint of Russell's classic adaptation superbly displays the artist's skill at both writing and illustrating. Adapting comic opera-particularly one by Mozart-takes a confidence that borders on hubris. Fortunately, Russell, has the talent to back up his ambition." -Publishers Weekly Starred Review “Russell has succeeded in combining opera and comics, taking advantage of the graphic medium to dramatize the operas’ emotional structures.” Janet Clarke- The Opera Companion "Russell is an artistic genius, gifted with the ability to use the art form of comics to tell a grand story in a way that captures the imagination. You don't need to be an opera buff to enjoy the story. This Library will make you stare at page after gorgeous page of intricately-detailed art. It's the perfect marriage of storytelling and design." -Augie De Blieck, Jr., Comic Book Resources.com "Each page is carefully formed with two goals kept in mind: how will this page help tell the story, and how can this page be a work of art in its own right? In the end, Russell suceeds in both ways with The Magic Flute." - iCOMICS.com "Mr. Russell blends his art-deco backgrounds with skillfully executed character construction to bring the story gorgeously to light." -Joe Szadkowski, Washington Times "****This is a beautiful book that belongs on any fantasy art lover's shelf." -Jeff Kapalka, Syracuse Post Standard "Even if you're not an opera fan, you'll be struck by the majesty and detail of Russell's work." -Andrew Smith, Scripps-Howard papers " A shining example of what the medium can achieve in the right hands. "-VOYA "With his marvelous drawing and masterful use of color, Russell actually dignifies the deep silliness of Mozart's opera, making it a beautiful, magical tale of a strange quest in the name of love." -Karen Haber, Locus "Dazzling artwork that is striking as much for its vibrant use of color as for its detailed images." -William Dowlding, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ON SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL'S TOP RECOMMENDED LIST. "Russell beautifully visualizes Mozart's transcendent opera of heroism, love, and spiritual quests." 8x11 1/2 , 144pp., full color jacketed hardcover: $24.95 ISBN 978-1-56163-350-0 Sold out! Paperback Edition: 8x11 1/2 , 144pp., trade pb., $17.95 ISBN 978-1-56163-351-7 Sold out! Previews. The P. Craig Russell Library of OPERA ADAPTATIONS, vol. 2 In this volume, Russell’s classic adaptations of Richard Wagner’s 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 Earth’s Sorrow" and “Unto This World.” "Russell's mad passion for the stories and images he's adapting helps him pull off the obviously tough act of showing opera without music. The prize of the book is. Ariane and Bluebeard. and Russell opens up and roars like a star tenor, fiercely stylizing everything from the opera's architecture to its sunbeams and indulging in wordless passages that let him cut loose with enormous spectacles." - Publishers Weekly "Bravo, maestro, bravo!" -Ray Olson , Booklist (complete review) 8x11 1/2 , 128pp., full color jacketed hardcover: $24.95 ISBN 978-1-56163-372-2 Previews. The P. Craig Russell Library of OPERA ADAPTATIONS, Vol. 3 This collection of Russell’s classic adaptations concludes with Pelleas & Melisande by Maeterlinck and Debussy, Salome by Richard Strauss and the all new The Godfather’s Code from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni. "Russell's take on Pelleas et Melisande, is nothing if not ambitious. Salome, is similarly treated but arguably more satisfying." - Booklist ". Ravishing. Epic. 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." - Publishers Weekly "Highest rating (5Q). Russell continues to demonstrate his versatility and skill in this latest faithful adaptation." - Voya "An admirable job!" - School Library Journal 8x11 1/2 , 144pp., full color, jacketed hardcover: $24.95 ISBN 978-1-56163-388-3 Previews. Opera by P. Craig Russell ISBN 13: 9780913035566. Opera : Salome, Pelleas and Melisande, Parsifal. by P. Craig Russell. Used good hardcover. Show Details. ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. OPERA (Signed & Numbered Ltd. Hardcover Edition) by RUSSELL, P. CRAIG. Used fine Hardcover Signed First. Show Details. Opera: Parsifal, Salome, Mahler, Pellea, & Melisande. by P. Craig Russell. Used fine hardcover. Show Details. Didn't find what you're looking for? Try adding this search to your want list. 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