Author: Joseph Walker McSpadden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Opera Synopses
Author: Joseph Walker McSpadden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Index to Opera, Operetta, and Musical Comedy Synopses in Collections and Periodicals
Author: Jeanette Marie Drone
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810811003
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Indexes 1,605 titles by 627 composers.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810811003
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Indexes 1,605 titles by 627 composers.
Sing Me a Story
Author: Jane Rosenberg
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500278734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500278734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.
100 Great Operas And Their Stories
Author: Henry W. Simon
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385054483
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written. From La Traviata to Aïda, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world’s best-loved operas, told in an engaging, picturesque, and readable manner. Written by noted opera authority Henry W. Simon, this distinctive reference book contains act-by-act descriptions of 100 operatic works ranging from the historic early seventeenth century masterpieces of Monteverdi to the modern classics of Gian-Carlo Menotti. In addition to highlighting the most important aspects of each opera, the author discusses the main characters, the famous turnings of plot, and the most significant arias. Here, too, is a wealth of anecdotes concerning literary background, past performances and stars, and production problems of the great operas.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385054483
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written. From La Traviata to Aïda, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world’s best-loved operas, told in an engaging, picturesque, and readable manner. Written by noted opera authority Henry W. Simon, this distinctive reference book contains act-by-act descriptions of 100 operatic works ranging from the historic early seventeenth century masterpieces of Monteverdi to the modern classics of Gian-Carlo Menotti. In addition to highlighting the most important aspects of each opera, the author discusses the main characters, the famous turnings of plot, and the most significant arias. Here, too, is a wealth of anecdotes concerning literary background, past performances and stars, and production problems of the great operas.
The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas
Author: John W. Freeman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393040517
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Contains the plots of 150 of the world's most popular operas, short biographies of the 72 composers represented, plus background material pertinent to each work.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393040517
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Contains the plots of 150 of the world's most popular operas, short biographies of the 72 composers represented, plus background material pertinent to each work.
Opera Plot Index
Author: David Hamilton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135773297
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First Published in 1990. Information about individual operas and other types of musical theater is scattered throughout the enormous literature of music. This book is an effort to bring that data together by comprehensively indexing plots and descriptions of individual operatic background, criticism and analysis, musical themes and bibliographical references. The principal audience for this general reference guide will be for the non-specialist, but its hoped that persons specialising in opera would also find it useful.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135773297
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First Published in 1990. Information about individual operas and other types of musical theater is scattered throughout the enormous literature of music. This book is an effort to bring that data together by comprehensively indexing plots and descriptions of individual operatic background, criticism and analysis, musical themes and bibliographical references. The principal audience for this general reference guide will be for the non-specialist, but its hoped that persons specialising in opera would also find it useful.
Opera Synopses
Author: Joseph Walker McSpadden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The Barefoot Book of Stories from the Opera
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901223415
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author's rewriting of opera stories from seven different composers combined with illustrations and a select discography, introduces to children some of the great operatic themes of the last 200 years.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901223415
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author's rewriting of opera stories from seven different composers combined with illustrations and a select discography, introduces to children some of the great operatic themes of the last 200 years.
Opera Synopses
Author: Joseph Walker McSpadden
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781297656644
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781297656644
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Opera Synopses
Author: J. Walker McSpadden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243705122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243705122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description