The History of Opera for Beginners

Ron David

ISBN 10: 193438979X / ISBN 13: 9781934389799

Published by Steerforth Press, 2013

About this Item

pp. 176.

Seller Inventory # 2650997784

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of Opera for Beginners
• Publisher: Steerforth Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193438979X
• ISBN 13: 9781934389799
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Woolley, Sarah
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The History of Opera For Beginners is a humorous, little book which starts with the radical assumption that Opera is just plain old music, rather than the highbrow, inaccessible music that everyone assumes it to be. The reader will learn the difference between Italian and German Opera and why you don't have to study a new language to enjoy Opera.

The History of Opera For Beginners is an ideal introduction for people who are convinced that opera is solely for those refined few who were born listening to arias. Written in short, humorous, and informative chapters, and laced with some of the opera world's juiciest anecdotes, this guide is sure to convert even the most ambivalent of music lovers.

About the Author

Ron David, a former editor-in-chief of the For Beginners series, is also the author of Toni Morrison Explained: A Reader's Road Map to the Novels (Random House, 2000). Previous works for For Beginners include Arabs & Israel For Beginners, Jazz For Beginners, and Opera For Beginners. Ron has been a guest lecturer on all of these subjects across the United States, and he has been awarded a NJ State Council for the Arts fellowship for his novel-in-progress, The Lebanese Book of the Dead. He lives in Kihei, Hawaii, with his wife, the designer Susan David.