eBooks - Arts - Music - William Berger - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera eBooks
by William Berger
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The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera Summary
| Everything you need to know about opera, from Puccini to Porgy and Bess Why opera has stood the test of time The major composers: Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss The legendary singers, from the divas of the past to today?s Three Tenors What to look for and listen to when attending an opera This comprehensive companion to opera will guide you through the lush history of the art, its many stylistic variations, and its basic theoretical underpinnings. Accessible to the novice and enlightening for the operaphile, it features a survey of classic operas, mini biographies of major composers and singers, and a glossary of terms?as well as a list of 30 of the most important opera CDs that should be in everyone?s collection. Explore the most passionate of art forms, from the rigor of Rigoletto to the electricity of Elektra. |
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