This is a guide to the 83 most popular operas recorded on CD. It gives the plots, what to listen out for in the music, news and gossip about the way each opera was composed and first produced, plus a trenchant critique of each one.
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'The first guide to take the sensible decision of separeting comments on the music (serious and helpful)from descriptions of the plot (invariably flippant and often funny)' -- Sunday Telegraph
'The first guide to take the sensible decisionof separeting comments on the music (serious and helpful)from descriptions of the plot (invariably flippant and often funny)' -- Sunday Telegraph
Sir Denis Forman was born in 1917 and was for many years Charman and Chief Executive of Granada Television. He was also Deputy Chairman of the Royal Opera House for nine years.
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