Faber Pocket Guide to Opera
Published on 2. September 2004
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Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-571-22459-3 (ISBN)
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A Pocket Guide to Opera contains entries for more than a hundred words, both familiar and unfamiliar, encompassing the major baroque and classical German, Italian, French, British, Slavie and American operas.Features include: snapshot plot summaries easily understood background information straightforward pointers to enhance your appreciation of the music and production recommended recordings (CD, video and DVD) a brief overview of the history of operaAn essential reference work for all opera lovers, whether they're first-timers or devoted fans, written by the leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen.
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Rupert Christiansen was born in London and educated at King's College, Cambridge. After further study as a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University, he has written several books including Prima Donna, Romantic Affinities, Paris Babylon, The Visitors and Arthur Hugh Clough. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.He is currently opera critic of the Daily Telegraph and a member of the editorial board of Opera magazine. He has contributed to many newspapers and magazines, including The Spectator, Times Literary Supplement, Harpers & Queen, Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker.