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The Rough Guide to Opera is a handbook on the most thrilling of art forms, spanning four hundred years of music drama. Features include: lively biographical sketches of some 150 composers, from Claudio Monteverdi to Poul Ruders, detailing the main events of their careers and revealing their social and musical context; entertaining accounts of hundreds of operas, both the famous and neglected, each with a clear synopsis and a lively essay; CD reviews, covering the latest digital recordings as well as dozens of classic historical sets; and a who's who of the finest singers and conductors on record, from historical figures like Caruso, Callas and Toscanini to present-day stars like Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming and Daniel Barenboim.Product Identifiers
PublisherAPA Publications
ISBN-139781858287492
eBay Product ID (ePID)88823549
Product Key Features
Number of Pages752 Pages
Publication NameThe Rough Guide to Opera
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMusic, Writing & Reading
Publication Year2002
TypeReference
AuthorMatthew Boyden
SeriesRough Guides Reference Titles
Dimensions
Item Height236 mm
Item Weight1046 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMatthew Boyden