The Wordsworth Book of Opera - Couverture souple

Jacobs, Arthur; Sadie, Stanley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853263702 ISBN 13 : 9781853263705

Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This work is a concise and comprehensive guide to the repertoire of opera. It contains synopses of 83 major operas by 41 composers from Monteverdi and Purcell through Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Debussy and Janacek to Alban Berg, Tippett and Britten.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This concise and comprehensive guide is designed to meet the needs of today's opera lover. It contains synopses of eighty-three major operas by forty-one composers from Monterverdi and Purcell, through Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Debussy and Janacek, to Alban Berg, Tippett and Britten. As the authors remark in the introduction, opera is a strange, complex and fascinating art, and its increasing popularity means that more and more people are exploring its subtleties and beauty. In The Wordsworth Book of Opera, the lively accounts of the plots and the characters, together with the musical examples, make it the ideal hand-book for the newcomer to opera and to the enthusiast alike.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853263702
• ISBN 13: 9781853263705
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible