The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera: Rupert Christiansen

Synopsis:

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

Tags:

Categorised as:
Music, Stage & Screen
Sub-categories:
Classical Music
Genres & Themes:
Criticism; Opera; Pocket Guides
The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera book cover

Selected edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571224593
Published:
02.09.2004
No of pages:
416
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