The New Penguin Opera Guide
Holden, Amanda
ISBN 10: 0140514759 ISBN 13: 9780140514759
Published by Penguin Books, 2002
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Provides a a close-up look at nearly two thousand operatic works by some 850 composers, with biographical sketches containing entries for each composer's important works, each work's genre and duration, the librettist and the libretto's source, the premiere dates, a synopsis, and a musical discussion. Original.
About the Author: Amanda Holden has written more than fifty translations and texts for the opera, theater, and concert hall. She wrote the libretto for Mark Turnage's opera The Silver Tassie for which, with the composer, she received the Olivier Award for "outstanding achievement in opera" in 2001.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The New Penguin Opera Guide
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket