The Illustrated Story of Opera

The Illustrated Story of Opera
ISBN-10
0316910686
ISBN-13
9780316910682
Category
Opera
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
1994
Author
David Nice

Description

Tells the story of opera from Monteverdi to the present day, with chapters on individual composers such as Mozart and Puccini. This book also contains summaries of the plots, characters and music of 32 operas; and biographical profiles of 24 performers, including Caruso, Pavarotti and Callas.

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