The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera: New Edition
The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera: New Edition By Christiansen, Rupert
2014 | 427 Pages | ISBN: 0571306829 | EPUB | 2 MB
2014 | 427 Pages | ISBN: 0571306829 | EPUB | 2 MB
This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Ades and George Benjamin. Whether you are a first timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian, every operagoer can benefit from a little background information, and this book aims to provide just that. Accessible and easy-to-use, it contains entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.