The New Grove Book of Operas

Sadie, Stanley (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0333651073 / ISBN 13: 9780333651070

Verlag: Macmillan, London, 1996

Beschreibung

ix+758pp., Pictorial colour illustrated dustjacket covered in removable protective clear plastic, red papered boards with black text to spine, grey endpapers, preface by ed., list of contrib., Operas A-Z, col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, full page col. photos & illust., diags., music notations, tables, gloss., indexes. Over 250 operas are described in this book; most have been performed in the major opera houses in the last 25 years. Size: Large Thick Octavo.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002933

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The New Grove Book of Operas
• Verlag: Macmillan, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0333651073
• ISBN-13: 9780333651070
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition.
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
• Buchtyp: Book

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Inhaltsangabe

Over 250 operas are described in this book, most of which have been performed in the major opera houses of the English-speaking world since the 1970s. A handful of additional works have been selected by Stanley Sadie - operas that lend themselves to CD recording or festival revival. The operas are listed in alphabetical order. In addition to a full synopsis of every plot, there is a cast list and a note of the singers in the original production, as well as information about the origins of the work and its literary and social background. Each contribution concludes with a brief comment on its place in operatic history. There is also a listing by composer, a glossary and indexes of the names of operatic characters and the first line of arias. The illustrations shows how opera has been staged from its beginnings to "deconstructed" productions.