The New Penguin Opera Guide (Penguin Reference Books S.)

Holden, Amanda

ISBN 10: 0140514759 / ISBN 13: 9780140514759

Published by Penguin, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Penguin Opera Guide (Penguin Reference Books S.)
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140514759
• ISBN 13: 9780140514759
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1880 grams

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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.