The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera
Amanda Holden author Amanda Holden editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:30th Jun '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A new, concise edition of the much-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide.
This concise edition of the critically-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide focusses on the composers and works most frequently performed today - ranging from Britten to Massenet, and from Mozart to Wagner. Composer biographies are accompanied by informed articles on individual operas, offering plot synopses, musical analysis and general commentary.This concise edition of the critically-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide focusses on the composers and works most frequently performed today - ranging from Britten to Massenet, and from Mozart to Wagner. Composer biographies are accompanied by informed articles on individual operas, offering plot synopses, musical analysis and general commentary.
Praise for The New Penguin Opera Guide: 'For range, breadth, enthusiasm and common sense, Amanda Holden's labour of love is already irreplaceable' Dennis Marks, Observer
ISBN: 9780141016825
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm
Weight: 415g
608 pages