Category: Opera

This was the first work to have applied a systematised feminist theory to opera. It concentrates on the stories & text of opera, that perhaps have more relevence today in a growing literature than it had when it was the sacrilegious pioneering work.
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The Inner Voice

By: Fleming, Renee

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 220464

ISBN: 0143035940

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today's music scene

The star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Ren e Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear on performances that have captivated audiences in opera houses and recital halls throughout the world. In The Inner Voice--a book that is the story of her own artistic development and the "autobiography" of her voice--this great performer presents a unique and privileged look at the making of...
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New Grove Book of Operas

By: Grove

Price: $6.50

Seller ID: 410204

ISBN: 0312154437

Binding: Hardcover

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Masters of Italian Opera

By: New Grove

Price: $8.00

Seller ID: 387138

ISBN: 0393303616

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Opera 101 : A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera

By: Plotkin, Fred

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 35098

ISBN: 0786880252

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you.

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 oper...
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Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera

By: Schweitzer, Viven

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: 388971

ISBN: 046509693X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century
There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera--and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1607, generally considered the first successful opera, through classics like Carmen and La Boheme, and spanning to Brokeback Mountain and The Death of Klinghoffer in recent years. Musician and critic Vivien Schweitzer acquaints reader...
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100 Great Operas and their Stories

By: Simon, Henry W.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: November 2010

Seller ID: 417231

ISBN: 0385054483

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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 A da, 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 c...
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Category: Opera