Latest edition to a unique series of opera guides. Lavishly produced and elegantly set, with a wealth of material which will interest opera lovers, academics and general readers. Includes articles by some of the world's leading specialists on opera. Acclaimed by today's most exacting music critics. This guide is ideal as a gift. Includes articles which describe the genesis of the opera, its initial failure at its premiere and the various versions in which it went on to conquer the opera stages of Europe and the USA. There are also articles which analyse its appeal, which explore its music and which detail its extensive performance history. The guide has sixteen pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide, the full libretto and English translation (in both the dialogue and recitative versions), a discography, bibliography, DVD and website guides.
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Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) was a French composer of great brilliance and originality, but who never lived to see the success of his work. In addition to Carmen, his operas include Les pecheurs de perles and La jolie fille de Perth. He died, aged thirty-six, three months after failure of the Paris premiere of Carmen.
Latest edition to a unique series of opera guides. Lavishly produced and elegantly set, with a wealth of material which will interest opera lovers, academics and general readers. Includes articles by some of the world's leading specialists on opera. Acclaimed by today's most exacting music critics. This guide is ideal as a gift. Includes articles which describe the genesis of the opera, its initial failure at its premiere and the various versions in which it went on to conquer the opera stages of Europe and the USA. There are also articles which analyse its appeal, which explore its music and which detail its extensive performance history. The guide has sixteen pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide, the full libretto and English translation (in both the dialogue and recitative versions), a discography, bibliography, DVD and website guides.
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