30-second opera : the 50 crucial concepts, roles and performers, each explained in half a minute
2015
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Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture yet in modern times it has become caricatured as exclusive, overwhelming and, often, very very long. This book raises the curtain so that anyone can enjoy opera, classical or contemporary, without the elitism. Compiled by opera buffs, not opera snobs, it serves up all you need to enjoy the spectacle, the music and above all the voices, from Farinelli to femme fatale.
Main title:
30-second opera : the 50 crucial concepts, roles and performers, each explained in half a minute / consultant editor, Hugo Shirley ; contributors, John Allison [and six others] ; illustrations, Ivan Hissey ; foreword, Kasper Holten.
Author:
Shirley, Hugo, editorHissey, Ivan, illustrator
Imprint:
Lewes, East Sussex : Ivy Press, 2015.Lewes, East Sussex : Ivy Press, 2015.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781782402725 (hbk)
Dewey class:
782.1
Language:
English
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30-second opera : the 50 crucial concepts, roles and performers, each explained in half a minute
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BRN:
1779446