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100	1		_aChristiansen, Rupert _d1954- _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe Faber pocket guide to opera / _cRupert Christiansen.
260			_aLondon : _bFaber, _c©2002
300			_ax, 394 p. ; _c18 cm.
505			_tPART ONE Baroque and Classical Opera / _rMonteverdi ; Cavalli ; Handel ; Gluck ; Mozart -- _tPART TWO German Opera / _rBeethoven ; Weber ; Wagner ; Humperdinck ; R. Strauss ; Schoenberg ; Berg ; Weill ; Henze -- _tPART THREE Italian Opera / _rRossini ; Donizetti ; Bellini ; Verdi ; Mascagni ; Leoncavallo ; Giordano ; Puccini -- _tPART FOUR French Opera / _rBerlioz ; Gounod ; A. Thomas ; Bizet ; Saint-Saëns ; Offenbach ; Massenet ; Debussy ; Ravel ; Poulenc -- _tPART FIVE Operetta / _rOffenbach ; J. Strauss ; Sullivan ; Lehár -- _tPART SIX English Opera / _rPurcell ; Britten ; Tippett ; Birtwistle -- _tPART SEVEN Slavic Opera / _rMussorgsky ; Smetana ; Tchaikovsky ; Dvořák ; Janáček ; Bartók ; Shostakovich ; Prokofiev ; Stravinsky -- _tPART EIGHT American Opera / _rGershwin ; Menotti ; Bernstein ; Floyd ; Sondheim ; Adams -- _tIndex of Operas -- _tIndex of Composers.
520			_a"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
650		0	_aOpera _vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
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