30-Second Opera: The 50 Crucial Concepts, Roles and Performers, each Explained in Half a Minute - Hardcover

Book 10 of 22: 30 Second

Hugo Shirley; Kasper Holten

 
9781782402725: 30-Second Opera: The 50 Crucial Concepts, Roles and Performers, each Explained in Half a Minute
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1782402721 ISBN 13: 9781782402725
Publisher: Ivy Press, 2015

Synopsis

The bestselling 30-Second… series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture yet in modern times it has become caricatured as exclusive, overwhelming and, often, very very long. 30-Second Opera raises the curtain so that anyone can enjoy opera, classical or contemporary, without the elitism. Compiled by opera buffs, not the bourgeoisie, it serves up all you need to enjoy the spectacle, the music, and above all the voices – from Farinelli to femme fatale.

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From the Back Cover

Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture, yet in modern times it has become caricatured as exclusive, overwhelming, and often very, very long. 30-Second Opera raises the curtain so that anyone can enjoy opera without the elitism. Compiled by respected opera buffs, it serves up all you need to enjoy the spectacle, the music and above all the voices - from Farinelli to Fassbaender.
Hugo Shirley is opera critic of The Spectator, a deputy editor of Opera Magazine and a critic for Gramophone. Having received his PhD from King's College London in 2011, he also maintains a profile in musicology as an Early Career Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, and has published work in the Cambridge Opera Journal, The Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Music & Letters.

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Publisher
Ivy Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1782402721
ISBN 13 
9781782402725
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160

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