Bibliograph

Opera 101, a complete guide to learning and loving opera, Fred Plotkin

Type

Label

Opera 101, a complete guide to learning and loving opera, Fred Plotkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes discographiesIncludes videography (pages 405-414)Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-403) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Opera 101

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydirectoriesfilmographiesdiscographiesdictionaries

Responsibility statement

Fred Plotkin

Sub title

a complete guide to learning and loving opera

Summary

Explains how to develop an appreciation for opera by furnishing a concise history of opera, a glossary of terms, a list of books and recordings, a listener's guide to key operatic works, and advice on attending a performance

Table Of Contents

400 years of opera -- Becoming an opera cognoscente -- Going to the opera -- Discography for Opera 101 -- Rigoletto: learning your first opera -- Tosca: opera as drama -- Lucia di Lammermoor: drama expressed through music -- Il barbiere di Siviglia: opera and comedy -- Don Giovanni: Classical opera -- Les contes d'Hoffmann: French opera -- Eugene Onegin: romantic opera -- Don Carlo: grand opera -- Tannhäuser: opera and ideas -- Die walküre: epic opera -- Elektra: psychological opera -- Opera and you: a lifelong love affair -- Appendixes

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