With Respect to Opera

With Respect to Opera
ISBN-10
1927212162
ISBN-13
9781927212165
Category
Opera
Pages
218
Language
English
Published
2014-08-31
Author
Nicholas Tarling

Description

This book offers essays on a number of the author's favourite operas, well known and little known.

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