Faber Pocket Guide to Opera

Rupert Christiansen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2004
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-22459-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A handy, readable and easy-to-use opera guide by leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen, containing entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.

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A Pocket Guide to Opera contains entries for more than a hundred words, both familiar and unfamiliar, encompassing the major baroque and classical German, Italian, French, British, Slavie and American operas.Features include: snapshot plot summaries easily understood background information straightforward pointers to enhance your appreciation of the music and production recommended recordings (CD, video and DVD) a brief overview of the history of operaAn essential reference work for all opera lovers, whether they're first-timers or devoted fans, written by the leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen.

Autor

Rupert Christiansen was born in London and educated at King's College, Cambridge. After further study as a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University, he has written several books including Prima Donna, Romantic Affinities, Paris Babylon, The Visitors and Arthur Hugh Clough. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.He is currently opera critic of the Daily Telegraph and a member of the editorial board of Opera magazine. He has contributed to many newspapers and magazines, including The Spectator, Times Literary Supplement, Harpers & Queen, Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.2004
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 111 x 178 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• ISBN-10: 0-571-22459-8 / 0571224598
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22459-3 / 9780571224593
• Zustand: Neuware