Who'S Afraid Of Opera? - Couverture souple

Walsh, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671884026 ISBN 13 : 9780671884024

Editeur : Touchstone, 1994

Synopsis

For anyone who has been intimidated, overwhelmed, or just plain confused by what they think opera is, Who's Afraid of Opera? offers a guide to what author Michael Walsh describes as "the greatest art form yet invented by humankind."

Curtain up! It's time to settle into your seat, close up your program, and watch the house lights go down. And get ready for the musical ride of your lives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael A. Walsh is a music critic, author, screenwriter, media critic, and cultural-political consultant.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

For anyone who has been intimidated, overwhelmed, or just plain confused by what they think opera is, Who's Afraid of Opera? offers a lively, readable, and frankly biased guide to what author Michael Walsh describes as "the greatest art form yet invented by humankind". From opera's origins in Renaissance Italy to the Who's Tommy and Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, Walsh explores what opera is - and what it's not; which is more important - the words or the music?; why does it take Tristan so long to die?; a (Not Quite) Totally Arbitrary Basic Repertoire; and what makes a great singer. So curtain up! It's time to settle into your seat, close up your program, and watch the house lights go down. And get ready for the musical ride of your lives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Touchstone
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671884026
• ISBN 13: 9780671884024
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas