The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas
Freeman, John W.; Metropolitan Opera Guild, NY
Language: English
Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 1984
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Type: Hard Back Eleventh Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket in archival protective jacket cover. Published jointly by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and W.W.Norton, this book contains the plots of 150 of the world's most popular operas with short, informative biographies of each of the 72 composers represented, and historical background material pertinent to each work. The operas represented are international, ranging from Argento to Weill and are representative of opera composers and their works from 16th century Italy to 20th century America. Represented are works in Italian, German and French and also from the Russian, English, Czech, Hungarian, and Spanish languages. Binding of half cloth blue linen w/sharp and bright gilt titles, purple boards. Very clean, no marks, very slight rubbing to lower edge. Tight, solid and square, with sharp corners. Former owner name label on endpaper. Pages in new condition. Pages xxxii, 547. 7 x 9.75 inches. Norton & Co, New York and London, 1984.…
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- Title
- The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas
- Author
- Freeman, John W.; Metropolitan Opera Guild, NY
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393018881
- ISBN 13
- 9780393018882
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Music. Musicians. Composers. Orchestras.
Whether for quick, pre-performance reference or an evening of browsing through favorite stories, this volume is an invaluable addition to every opera-lover's library.
Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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