The Opera Lover's Companion
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The Opera Lover's Companion

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The Opera Lover's Companion

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This engaging guide to the 175 most popular operas will enhance the experience of every opera lover. Written by a well-known authority, the book consists of entries that set each opera within the context of its composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and give relevant background information on the libretto, the staging, and the most famous and influential interpreters of the principal roles. In addition, the entries recount details of the first performance and subsequent performance history and provide guidance on the relative quality of available recordings.

Aimed at opera lovers and committed newcomers rather than specialists, The Opera-Lover's Companion does not set out to cover every opera but only those most frequently encountered in opera houses or on recordings. Although the book is dominated by the five great opera composers - Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Strauss - fifty-eight other composers are also represented.

It is always more pleasurable to go to the opera with a knowledgeable and experienced companion. If you can't, you'll want to take this book.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780300130812
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. DANIEL-FRANÇOIS-ESPRIT AUBER
  4. SAMUEL BARBER
  5. BÉLA BARTÓK
  6. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
  7. VINCENZO BELLINI
  8. ALBAN BERG
  9. HECTOR BERLIOZ
  10. GEORGES BIZET
  11. ALEXANDR BORODIN
  12. BENJAMIN BRITTEN
  13. FERRUCCIO BUSONI
  14. EMMANUEL CHABRIER
  15. GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER
  16. FRANCESCO CILEA
  17. DOMENICO CIMAROSA
  18. LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
  19. CLAUDE DEBUSSY
  20. CLAUDE DEBUSSY
  21. GAETANO DONIZETTI
  22. ANTONIN DVOŘÁK
  23. FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW
  24. JOHN GAY
  25. GEORGE GERSHWIN
  26. UMBERTO GIORDANO
  27. MIKHAIL GLINKA
  28. CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
  29. CHARLES FRANÇOIS GOUNOD
  30. FROMENTAL HALÉVY
  31. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
  32. HANS WERNER HENZE
  33. PAUL HINDEMITH
  34. ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
  35. LEOŠ JANŠÁČEK
  36. RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
  37. PIETRO MASCAGNI
  38. PIETRO MASCAGNI
  39. GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
  40. GIACOMO MEYERBEER
  41. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
  42. DOUGLAS S.MOORE
  43. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
  44. MODEST MUSSORGSKY
  45. JACQUES OFFENBACH
  46. HANS PFITZNER
  47. AMILCARE PONCHIELLI
  48. FRANCIS POULENC
  49. SERGEI PROKOFIEV
  50. GIACOMO PUCCINI
  51. HENRY PURCELL
  52. MAURICE RAVEL
  53. NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
  54. GIOACHINO ROSSINI
  55. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
  56. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
  57. DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
  58. BEDŘICH SMETANA
  59. JOHANN STRAUSS II
  60. RICHARD STRAUSS
  61. IGOR STRAVINSKY
  62. KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
  63. PETER ILITSCH TCHAIKOVSKY
  64. MICHAEL TIPPETT
  65. GIUSEPPE VERDI
  66. RICHARD WAGNER
  67. CARL MARIA VON WEBER
  68. KURT WEILL
  69. BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
  70. Index of Titles
  71. General Index