Stranded Stories from the Operas - A Humorous Synopsis of the Great Operas. - Softcover

Zwirn, Gerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849550956 ISBN 13: 9781849550956

Publisher: Travis and Emery Music Bookshop, 2010

Synopsis

A Humorous Synopsis of the Great Operas. Stranded Stories from the Operas is aimed at the serious opera lover who, in addition to possessing a good knowledge of the subject, has a sense of humour. No author, until now, has dared challenge the esoteric world of opera by relating these stories in a humorous way: opera is far too serious a subject to be made fun of! Times have changed. In this collection you will find the plots of both The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro told by Figaro himself in his own inimitable style; Samson and Dalilah and Salome retold in appropriate biblical prose; Shakespearian opera is represented by Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet while Wagner lovers, after reading Die Meistersinger, Tristan and Isolde and Parsifal, may want to check their Kobbé. What really happened at the Polka saloon that night is told by Nick the barman in Minnie get your gun while Turandot's baffling riddles have been updated to reflect the advances made in education since those ancient times. Finally, if the reader gets as much pleasure from these stories as the author had in writing them and the illustrator in designing them, then the time and trouble spent were well worth the effort.

Edition details

• Publisher: Travis and Emery Music Bookshop
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849550956
• ISBN 13: 9781849550956
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206