The New Penguin Opera Guide (Penguin Reference Books)
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Language: English
Published by Penguin Books, 2002
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- Title
- The New Penguin Opera Guide (Penguin Reference Books)
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140514759
- ISBN 13
- 9780140514759
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.
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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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