
Opera
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"Alexandra Wilson is a gifted writer and has packed a world of history, culture, and music into her new opera guide." * Helen Greenwald - New England Conservatory * "In her admirably compact introduction to opera, Wilson outlines the history of this most ambitious of art forms, while going on to place opera in a broad social, political and cultural context... packed with richly resonant material" * Daniel Snowman - Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of Londo * "As useful to students of opera as to the curious amateur, Alex Wilson's 'Beginner's Guide' makes a huge contribution to the popularisation of a 'living art' " * Clair Rowden - Lecturer and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor, School of Music, Cardiff University *More details
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Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 A brief history of opera
- 2 Opera on and offstage
- 3 Opera and politics
- 4 Opera and identity: gender and race
- Epilogue
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- Recommended listening/viewing
- Index
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