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Describes the lives and careers of opera composers and recommends recordings of performances that capture their genius and style
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Listener's Guide to Opera
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Listener's Guide to the Opera, The
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Blandford Press, Poole (England), 1980
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Desriptions of most of the various outstanding operas most commonly performed, with information on the composers, the history of each piece's production, plot and characters, and other material of related interest. Published as a pocket-sized (9 1/4 in. x 4 3/4 in. dimensions) edition suitable to be carried to the opera; contains illustrations. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 127pp. + pp. of listings of operas, d.j. shows light edgewear with several tiny closed edgetears. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 00005305
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Listener's Guide to Opera (Listener's Guide Series)
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THE LISTENER'S GUIDE TO OPERA
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Blandford Press, Poole, 1980
ISBN 10: 0713711043
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition. Alan Rich, renowned critic and writer, here draws on his knowledge and love of opera to provide a critical survey of its history, on and off record, that will both entertain and inform. From the earliest musc dramas of Monteverdi and Pucell to more contemporary operas by Weill and Britten, over 70 works are discussed and more than 200 of their best interpretations on record are reviewed. Ref SS7. Seller Inventory # 016101
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