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Kobbé's illustrated opera book : twenty-six of the world's best-loved operas / The Earl of Harewood.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ScoreScoreLanguage: English Publication details: London : Bodley Head, ©1989.Description: 160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27cmISBN:
  • 0370313003
  • 9780370313009
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 782.1 KOB
Contents:
CONTENTS : Le nozze di Figaro ; Don Giovanni ; Così fan tutte ; Die Zauberflöte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) -- Fidelio / Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) -- Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) -- Lohengrin ; Tristan und Isolde ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Richard Wagner (1813-1901) -- Rigoletto ; Il trovatore ; La traviata ; Aida ; Otello / Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) -- Carmen / Bizet (1838-1875) -- Boris Godounov / Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) -- Yevgeny Onyegin / Peter Ilitsch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) -- Cavalleria Rusticana / Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) -- Pagliacci / Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) -- La Bohème ; Tosca ; Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) -- Der Rosenkavalier / Richard Strauss (1864-1949) -- Její Pastorkyňa (Jenůfa) / Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) -- Porgy and Bess / George Gershwin (1898-1937) -- Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten (1913-1976).
Summary: " 'Opera is finished.' Hardly a decade goes by without some composer, conductor, or critic setting up this despairing howl, yet paradoxically, in the 1980s more and more people are discovering how satisfying - and entertaining - great opera can be. Kobbe's Illustrated Opera Book is designed specifically for such newcomers to the delights of opera, who would find the original Kobbe's Complete Opera Book daunting and too detailed as an introductory book. For this lavishly illustrated version, Lord Harewood has selected twenty-six of the best-loved operas, from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro to Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and gives a list of characters (with voice types), a summary of the plot. a brief performance history of the piece and a short critical appraisal, together with a glossary of technical terms, and an exhaustive index. Illustrated with stunning photographs, Kobbe's Illustrated Opera Book is the perfect introduction to the dramatic, colourful, exhilarating world of opera. It is a book to turn to again and again, for fact or for diversion, and will find a place on the shelves of every opera-goer and music-lover." -- Dust jacket flap.
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 782.1 KOB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A07490
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782.1 CHR The Faber pocket guide to opera / 782.1 DEN Opera : 782.1 DEN Opera : 782.1 KOB Kobbé's illustrated opera book : 782.1 MAR The opera companion, 782.1 MAR The opera companion / 782.1 MAY Understanding opera /

Includes glossary and index.

CONTENTS : Le nozze di Figaro ; Don Giovanni ; Così fan tutte ; Die Zauberflöte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) -- Fidelio / Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) -- Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) -- Lohengrin ; Tristan und Isolde ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Richard Wagner (1813-1901) -- Rigoletto ; Il trovatore ; La traviata ; Aida ; Otello / Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) -- Carmen / Bizet (1838-1875) -- Boris Godounov / Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) -- Yevgeny Onyegin / Peter Ilitsch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) -- Cavalleria Rusticana / Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) -- Pagliacci / Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) -- La Bohème ; Tosca ; Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) -- Der Rosenkavalier / Richard Strauss (1864-1949) -- Její Pastorkyňa (Jenůfa) / Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) -- Porgy and Bess / George Gershwin (1898-1937) -- Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten (1913-1976).

" 'Opera is finished.' Hardly a decade goes by without some composer, conductor, or critic setting up this despairing howl, yet paradoxically, in the 1980s more and more people are discovering how satisfying - and entertaining - great opera can be. Kobbe's Illustrated Opera Book is designed specifically for such newcomers to the delights of opera, who would find the original Kobbe's Complete Opera Book daunting and too detailed as an introductory book.
For this lavishly illustrated version, Lord Harewood has selected twenty-six of the best-loved operas, from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro to Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and gives a list of characters (with voice types), a summary of the plot. a brief performance history of the piece and a short critical appraisal, together with a glossary of technical terms, and an exhaustive index.
Illustrated with stunning photographs, Kobbe's Illustrated Opera Book is the perfect introduction to the dramatic, colourful, exhilarating world of opera. It is a book to turn to again and again, for fact or for diversion, and will find a place on the shelves of every opera-goer and music-lover." -- Dust jacket flap.

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