The Faber pocket guide to opera /
Christiansen, Rupert 1954-
The Faber pocket guide to opera / Rupert Christiansen. - London : Faber, ©2002 - x, 394 p. ; 18 cm.
PART ONE Baroque and Classical Opera / PART TWO German Opera / PART THREE Italian Opera / PART FOUR French Opera / PART FIVE Operetta / PART SIX English Opera / PART SEVEN Slavic Opera / PART EIGHT American Opera / Index of Operas -- Index of Composers. Monteverdi ; Cavalli ; Handel ; Gluck ; Mozart -- Beethoven ; Weber ; Wagner ; Humperdinck ; R. Strauss ; Schoenberg ; Berg ; Weill ; Henze -- Rossini ; Donizetti ; Bellini ; Verdi ; Mascagni ; Leoncavallo ; Giordano ; Puccini -- Berlioz ; Gounod ; A. Thomas ; Bizet ; Saint-Saëns ; Offenbach ; Massenet ; Debussy ; Ravel ; Poulenc -- Offenbach ; J. Strauss ; Sullivan ; Lehár -- Purcell ; Britten ; Tippett ; Birtwistle -- Mussorgsky ; Smetana ; Tchaikovsky ; Dvořák ; Janáček ; Bartók ; Shostakovich ; Prokofiev ; Stravinsky -- Gershwin ; Menotti ; Bernstein ; Floyd ; Sondheim ; Adams --
"An accessible and easy-to-use opera guide by leading opera critic, Robert Christiansen, containing entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar. Features include:
•snapshot plot summaries
•background information on each opera
•Straightforward pointers to help your appreciation of the music and production
•recommended recordings (CD, video and DVD)
•a brief overview of the history of opera." -- Book cover
0571224598 (pbk.) 9780571224593 (pbk.)
Opera--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
782.1 / CHR
The Faber pocket guide to opera / Rupert Christiansen. - London : Faber, ©2002 - x, 394 p. ; 18 cm.
PART ONE Baroque and Classical Opera / PART TWO German Opera / PART THREE Italian Opera / PART FOUR French Opera / PART FIVE Operetta / PART SIX English Opera / PART SEVEN Slavic Opera / PART EIGHT American Opera / Index of Operas -- Index of Composers. Monteverdi ; Cavalli ; Handel ; Gluck ; Mozart -- Beethoven ; Weber ; Wagner ; Humperdinck ; R. Strauss ; Schoenberg ; Berg ; Weill ; Henze -- Rossini ; Donizetti ; Bellini ; Verdi ; Mascagni ; Leoncavallo ; Giordano ; Puccini -- Berlioz ; Gounod ; A. Thomas ; Bizet ; Saint-Saëns ; Offenbach ; Massenet ; Debussy ; Ravel ; Poulenc -- Offenbach ; J. Strauss ; Sullivan ; Lehár -- Purcell ; Britten ; Tippett ; Birtwistle -- Mussorgsky ; Smetana ; Tchaikovsky ; Dvořák ; Janáček ; Bartók ; Shostakovich ; Prokofiev ; Stravinsky -- Gershwin ; Menotti ; Bernstein ; Floyd ; Sondheim ; Adams --
"An accessible and easy-to-use opera guide by leading opera critic, Robert Christiansen, containing entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar. Features include:
•snapshot plot summaries
•background information on each opera
•Straightforward pointers to help your appreciation of the music and production
•recommended recordings (CD, video and DVD)
•a brief overview of the history of opera." -- Book cover
0571224598 (pbk.) 9780571224593 (pbk.)
Opera--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
782.1 / CHR