The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera - Softcover

Christiansen, Rupert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571224598 ISBN 13: 9780571224593

Verlag: Faber & Faber, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

A handy, readable and easy-to-use opera guide by leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen, containing entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Features include:

- snapshot plot summaries

- background information on each opera

- straightforward pointers to help your appreciation of the music and production

- recommended recordings (CD, video and DVD)

- a brief overview of the history of opera

'Highly recommended.' Sunday Telegraph

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rupert Christiansen was born in London and educated at the universities of Cambridge and Columbia. As well as several books of cultural history, he has written about opera for many publications, including the Spectator, the Observer, the Times Literary Supplement and Vanity Fair. Since 1966 he has been opera critic of the Daily Telegraph and a regular broadcaster. He also sits on the editorial board of Opera magazine and the jury for the Birgit Nilsson Prize. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0571224598
• ISBN 13: 9780571224593
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
• Herausgeber: Christiansen Rupert
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Uwe Hübener; 26632959738; uhuebener@gmx.de; ; Waldstraße 4; Berzhahn; Rlp; 56459; Deutschland