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The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera: xii (Penguin reference books)

The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera: xii (Penguin reference books)

by Amanda Holden (Editor), Amanda Holden (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

This concise edition of the critically-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide focusses on the composers and works most frequently performed today - ranging from Britten to Massenet, and from Mozart to Wagner. Composer biographies are accompanied by informed articles on individual operas, offering plot synopses, musical analysis and general commentary.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 593
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 30 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0141016825
ISBN 13: 9780141016825
Book Overview: A new, concise edition of the much-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide.

Media Reviews
Praise for The New Penguin Opera Guide: 'For range, breadth, enthusiasm and common sense, Amanda Holden's labour of love is already irreplaceable' Dennis Marks, Observer
Author Bio
Amanda Holden has written some 50 translations and texts for the opera stage, theatre, and concert hall, including the libretto for Mark Anthony Turnage's opera 'The Silver Tassie', for which she received an Olivier Award. For The New Penguin Opera Guide she assembled a team of 100 experts. She lives in London.