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Summary

Addressing seven languages, this definitive visual guide explores 400 years of music drama, from late-Renaissance Italy to the modern day; presents synopses of 160 operas from around the world; and discusses the lives of composers, from Monteverdi to Adams.

Contents
Introducing opera -- What is opera? -- Librettos and librettists -- Staging opera -- Opera houses and festivals -- Idols of opera -- Monteverdi to Mozart, c. 1600-1800 -- Italian opera, c. 1800-1925 -- Germanic opera, c. 1800-1950 -- French opera,... Read more
Format
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Description
432 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher
DK Pub. 2006

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Library Location Status
Woodmere (Main Branch) 782.1 RID in Adult Non-fiction Available

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