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082	0	4	_220 _a782.1 _bKOB
100	1		_aKobbé, Gustave _d1857-1918
245	1	0	_aKobbé's illustrated opera book : _btwenty-six of the world's best-loved operas / _cThe Earl of Harewood.
260			_aLondon : _bBodley Head, _c©1989.
300			_a160 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c27cm.
500			_aIncludes glossary and index.
505			_tCONTENTS : _tLe nozze di Figaro ; Don Giovanni ; Così fan tutte ; Die Zauberflöte / _rWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) -- _tFidelio / _rLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) -- _tIl barbiere di Siviglia / _rGioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) -- _tLohengrin ; Tristan und Isolde ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / _rRichard Wagner (1813-1901) -- _tRigoletto ; Il trovatore ; La traviata ; Aida ; Otello / _rGiuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) -- _tCarmen / _rBizet (1838-1875) -- _tBoris Godounov / _rModest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) -- _tYevgeny Onyegin / _rPeter Ilitsch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) -- _tCavalleria Rusticana / _rPietro Mascagni (1863-1945) -- _tPagliacci / _rRuggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) -- _tLa Bohème ; Tosca ; Madama Butterfly / _rGiacomo Puccini (1858-1924) -- _tDer Rosenkavalier / _rRichard Strauss (1864-1949) -- _tJejí Pastorkyňa (Jenůfa) / _rLeoš Janáček (1854-1928) -- _tPorgy and Bess / _r George Gershwin (1898-1937) -- _tPeter Grimes / _rBenjamin Britten (1913-1976).
520			_a" '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.
650		0	_aOperas _vStories, plots, etc.
700	1		_aHarewood, George Lascelles _cEarl of _d1923-
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