The Penguin Concise Guide To Opera
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Author | : Amanda Holden |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
Presents a comprehensive guide to some of the most popular operas from the classic period to the present; and explores the careers of the great composers as well as descriptions of their operas.
Author | : Amanda Holden |
Publisher | : Penguin USA |
Total Pages | : 1142 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780140514759 |
Provides biographical sketches for nearly 850 composers along with articles on approximately 2,000 works.
Author | : Amanda Holden |
Publisher | : Penguin (Non-Classics) |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Opera |
ISBN | : 9780140251319 |
"Spanning four centuries of operatic history and drawing on the expertise of more than fifty international contributors, The Penguin Opera Guide is an essential reference for opera enthusiasts and beginners alike. Each of the more than 150 composer entries - from Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Verdi to the most acclaimed contemporary composers - presents an outline of the artist's musical career and an overall assessment of his or her contributions to opera. There are entries on more than 450 operas, providing a discussion of the work's background, details of the cast of characters, a plot synopsis, and a musical analysis that directs the listener to highlights and points of interest. Covering both major and little-known composers and tracking the evolution of the operatic form, The Penguin Opera Guide (drawn from the acclaimed Viking Opera Guide) is the perfect companion for those seeking information before attending an opera, a commentary on the music while listening at home, or guidance on operas to see or to purchase on record."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Amanda Holden |
Publisher | : Turtleback Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2002-08 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781417704071 |
Fully revised and updated, this single-volume opera encyclopedia brings to life nearly 2,000 operatic works by some 850 composers. 129 illustrations.
Author | : Amanda Holden Staff |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780140514742 |
Author | : Edward Harrison BARKER |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1887 |
Genre | : Operas |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edward Barker |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2013-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781294375258 |
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Opera Guide: A Concise Description Of Plot And Incidents Of The Principal Operas, With Brief Biographical Notices Of Eminent Singers Edward Barker Griffith, Farran, Okeden, and Welsh, 1887 Music; Genres & Styles; Opera; Music / Genres & Styles / Opera; Operas
Author | : Rupert Christiansen |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber Classical Music & Dance |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Opera |
ISBN | : 9780571306824 |
An expertly-written guide that is also extremely readable and accessible.
Author | : Fred Plotkin |
Publisher | : Hachette Books |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2013-07-16 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1401306004 |
Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you. Opera 101 is recognized as the standard text in English for anyone who wants to become an opera lover--a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook to learning how to listen to opera, whether on the radio, on recordings, or live at the opera house. Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher about opera who for many years was performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces the reader (whatever his or her level of musical knowledge) to all the elements that make up opera, including: A brief, entertaining history of opera; An explanation of key operatic concepts, from vocal types to musical conventions; Hints on the best way to approach the first opera you attend and how to best understand what is happening both offstage and on; Lists of recommended books and recordings, and the most complete traveler's guide to opera houses around the world. The major part of Opera 101 is devoted to an almost minute-by-minute analysis of eleven key operas, ranging from Verdi's thunderous masterpiece Rigoletto and Puccini's electrifying Tosca through works by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, to the psychological complexities of Richard Strauss's Elektra. Once you have completed Opera 101, you will be prepared to see and hear any opera you encounter, thanks to this book's unprecedentedly detailed and enjoyable method of revealing the riches of opera.
Author | : Carolyn Abbate |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0393089533 |
“The best single volume ever written on the subject, such is its range, authority, and readability.”—Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their “effervescent, witty” (Die Welt, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates, and its role in society. Now with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this “lucid and sweeping” (Boston Globe) narrative explores the tensions that have sustained opera over four hundred years: between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre’s most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to change the viewer— physically, emotionally, intellectually—with its enduring power.