30-Second Opera: The 50 Crucial Concepts, Roles and Performers, each explained in Half a Minute - Couverture rigide

Shirley, Hugo; Holten, Kasper

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1782402721 ISBN 13 : 9781782402725

Editeur : Ivy Press, 2015

Synopsis

The bestselling 30-Second series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture yet in modern times it has become caricatured as exclusive, overwhelming and, often, very very long. 30-Second Opera raises the curtain so that anyone can enjoy opera, classical or contemporary, without the elitism. Compiled by opera buffs, not the bourgeoisie, it serves up all you need to enjoy the spectacle, the music, and above all the voices from Farinelli to femme fatale.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture, yet in modern times it has become caricatured as exclusive, overwhelming, and often very, very long. 30-Second Opera raises the curtain so that anyone can enjoy opera without the elitism. Compiled by respected opera buffs, it serves up all you need to enjoy the spectacle, the music and above all the voices - from Farinelli to Fassbaender.
Hugo Shirley is opera critic of The Spectator, a deputy editor of Opera Magazine and a critic for Gramophone. Having received his PhD from King's College London in 2011, he also maintains a profile in musicology as an Early Career Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, and has published work in the Cambridge Opera Journal, The Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Music & Letters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ivy Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782402721
• ISBN 13: 9781782402725
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible