Opera 101 : a complete guide to learning and loving opera
Language: English
Published by New York : Hachette Books, 2014
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Contemporary owner’s signature (1995) to inside front wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvii, 494 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; 400 years of opera -- Becoming an opera cognoscente -- Going to the opera: discography for Opera 101 -- Rigoletto: learning your first opera -- Tosca: opera as drama -- Lucia di Lammermoor: drama expressed through music -- Il barbiere di Siviglia: opera and comedy -- Don Giovanni: Classical opera -- Les contes d'Hoffmann: French opera -- Eugene Onegin: romantic opera -- Don Carlo: grand opera -- Tannhäuser: opera and ideas -- Die walküre: epic opera -- Elektra: psychological opera -- Opera and you: a lifelong love affair. Subjects; Opera, analysis, appreciation. Opera, history and criticism. Music appreciation. Opera, handbooks and manuals. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- Opera 101 : a complete guide to learning and loving opera
- Author
- Plotkin, Fred
- Publisher
- New York : Hachette Books
- Publication year
- 2014
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0786880252
- ISBN 13
- 9780786880256
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
Opera 101 is recognized as the standard text in English for anyone who wants to become an opera lover--a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook to learning how to listen to opera, whether on the radio, on recordings, or live at the opera house. Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher about opera who for many years was performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces the reader (whatever his or her level of musical knowledge) to all the elements that make up opera, including:
- A brief, entertaining history of opera;
- An explanation of key operatic concepts, from vocal types to musical conventions;
- Hints on the best way to approach the first opera you attend and how to best understand what is happening both offstage and on;
- Lists of recommended books and recordings, and the most complete traveler's guide to opera houses around the world.
The major part of Opera 101 is devoted to an almost minute-by-minute analysis of eleven key operas, ranging from Verdi's thunderous masterpiece Rigoletto and Puccini's electrifying Tosca through works by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, to the psychological complexities of Richard Strauss's Elektra. Once you have completed Opera 101, you will be prepared to see and hear any opera you encounter, thanks to this book's unprecedentedly detailed and enjoyable method of revealing the riches of opera.
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About the Author
He lectures on music for leading institutions, including Columbia University, the Juilliard School, and the Smithsonian. Plotkin is a popular guest on the intermission features of the Chevron Texaco-Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and many shows on National Public Radio. An expert on Italy, he has written five definitive books on Italian food and wine.
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