The Npr Curious Listener's Guide to Opera - Softcover

Berger, William

 
9780399527432: The Npr Curious Listener's Guide to Opera

Synopsis

Traces the history of opera and its stylistic variations, discusses major operatic composers and their work, surveys classic operatic works, and offers concise profiles of legendary singers and performers.

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About the Author

William Berger contributes to NPR's "Performance Today" and "At the Opera." He is the author of Wagner Without Fear and Verdi with a Vengeance. He provided the baroque Italian libretto for the imaginary opera within an opera in The Dracula Diaries and has written a full length libretto which is currently being set by composer Patrick Burns. He also lectures extensively on opera.

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