Story of Opera
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ISBN: 081099254X / Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc, April 2006
A comprehensive salute to the great Italian, German, French, English, and Russian operas and artists covers its four-hundred-year history with a special survey of the directors, performers, and composers of the twentieth century. Reprint.
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Now available in an affordable paperback format, The Story of Opera> celebrates the 400-year history of opera. With separate chapters devoted to the great national schools of opera-Italian, German, French, and Russian-it tells the stories of composers, librettists, impresarios, singers, conductors, and even audiences. Beautifully illustrated with historical images and a wealth of photographs from notable contemporary productions, this book offers both an introduction to the general reader and fresh insights for longtime buffs.
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