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Ideal for opera lovers, this authoritative work offers succinct yet insightful synopses of over 250 operas
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"The Grove Book of Operas, Second Edition offers more detail for the seasoned operaphile... A versatile tool for research."--Opera News
"The Grove Book of Operas, Second Edition, should be on every opera-lover's short list of indispensable reference books. Highly recommended."--Gary Hoffman, Opera Today.
PRAISE FOR FIRST EDITION: "Make no mistake: This will be the definitive reference work in opera for many, many years to come."--The Chicago Tribune.
PRAISE FOR FIRST EDITION: "This work will significantly affect not only the way opera is enjoyed in the future, but the way it is made."--The Washington Post.
PRAISE FOR FIRST EDITION: "All inquiries into Opera begin there from now on."--The San Francisco Examiner Chronicle.
PRAISE FOR FIRST EDITION: "For once the hype is right on the money... This may well be the best English-language opera reference available."--Amazon.com
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Compiled from The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, this book contains synopses of 264 popular and commonly performed operas, arranged alphabetically and meant to be accessible to opera beginners and experts. Each entry describes the opera's genre, premiere, librettist, cast, composition, and musical features. This edition, revised by Macy (editor-in-
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