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The Faber pocket guide to opera / Rupert Christiansen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Faber, ©2002Description: x, 394 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0571224598 (pbk.)
  • 9780571224593 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 782.1 CHR
Contents:
PART ONE Baroque and Classical Opera / Monteverdi ; Cavalli ; Handel ; Gluck ; Mozart -- PART TWO German Opera / Beethoven ; Weber ; Wagner ; Humperdinck ; R. Strauss ; Schoenberg ; Berg ; Weill ; Henze -- PART THREE Italian Opera / Rossini ; Donizetti ; Bellini ; Verdi ; Mascagni ; Leoncavallo ; Giordano ; Puccini -- PART FOUR French Opera / Berlioz ; Gounod ; A. Thomas ; Bizet ; Saint-Saëns ; Offenbach ; Massenet ; Debussy ; Ravel ; Poulenc -- PART FIVE Operetta / Offenbach ; J. Strauss ; Sullivan ; Lehár -- PART SIX English Opera / Purcell ; Britten ; Tippett ; Birtwistle -- PART SEVEN Slavic Opera / Mussorgsky ; Smetana ; Tchaikovsky ; Dvořák ; Janáček ; Bartók ; Shostakovich ; Prokofiev ; Stravinsky -- PART EIGHT American Opera / Gershwin ; Menotti ; Bernstein ; Floyd ; Sondheim ; Adams -- Index of Operas -- Index of Composers.
Summary: "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
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 782.1 CHR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A08090
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782.047 KIT Six lectures on accompanied vocal writing, 782.048 ELL Speech in song : 782.1 ABB In search of opera / 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 :

PART ONE Baroque and Classical Opera / Monteverdi ; Cavalli ; Handel ; Gluck ; Mozart -- PART TWO German Opera / Beethoven ; Weber ; Wagner ; Humperdinck ; R. Strauss ; Schoenberg ; Berg ; Weill ; Henze -- PART THREE Italian Opera / Rossini ; Donizetti ; Bellini ; Verdi ; Mascagni ; Leoncavallo ; Giordano ; Puccini -- PART FOUR French Opera / Berlioz ; Gounod ; A. Thomas ; Bizet ; Saint-Saëns ; Offenbach ; Massenet ; Debussy ; Ravel ; Poulenc -- PART FIVE Operetta / Offenbach ; J. Strauss ; Sullivan ; Lehár -- PART SIX English Opera / Purcell ; Britten ; Tippett ; Birtwistle -- PART SEVEN Slavic Opera / Mussorgsky ; Smetana ; Tchaikovsky ; Dvořák ; Janáček ; Bartók ; Shostakovich ; Prokofiev ; Stravinsky -- PART EIGHT American Opera / Gershwin ; Menotti ; Bernstein ; Floyd ; Sondheim ; Adams -- Index of Operas -- Index of Composers.

"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

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