Who'S Afraid Of Opera?: A Highly Opinionated, Informative, and Entertaining Guide to Appreciating Opera - Softcover

Walsh, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671884026 ISBN 13: 9780671884024

Publisher: Touchstone, 1994

Synopsis

For anyone who has been intimidated, overwhelmed, or just plain confused by what they think opera is, Who's Afraid of Opera? offers a guide to what author Michael Walsh describes as "the greatest art form yet invented by humankind."

Curtain up! It's time to settle into your seat, close up your program, and watch the house lights go down. And get ready for the musical ride of your lives.

About this title

About the Author

Michael A. Walsh is a music critic, author, screenwriter, media critic, and cultural-political consultant.

From the Back Cover

For anyone who has been intimidated, overwhelmed, or just plain confused by what they think opera is, Who's Afraid of Opera? offers a lively, readable, and frankly biased guide to what author Michael Walsh describes as "the greatest art form yet invented by humankind". From opera's origins in Renaissance Italy to the Who's Tommy and Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, Walsh explores what opera is - and what it's not; which is more important - the words or the music?; why does it take Tristan so long to die?; a (Not Quite) Totally Arbitrary Basic Repertoire; and what makes a great singer. So curtain up! It's time to settle into your seat, close up your program, and watch the house lights go down. And get ready for the musical ride of your lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Touchstone
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671884026
• ISBN 13: 9780671884024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244