The New Penguin Opera Guide (Penguin Reference Books)

ISBN 10: 0140514759 / ISBN 13: 9780140514759

Published by Penguin Books, 2002

About this Item

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.LL.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Penguin Opera Guide (Penguin Reference Books)
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140514759
• ISBN 13: 9780140514759
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Opera

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Synopsis

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.