The World Treasury of Grand Opera: Its Triumps, Trials and Great Personalities
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Music
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Publication Year
1957
Publisher
Harper and Brothers, United States
Pages
674
Abstract
From the Introduction: "It is very pleasant to ride one's hobbyhorse into the byways. To an opera lover, the next best thing to hearing an opera is to talk bout it. Such a conversation, to be held with kindred souls, ranges, as this book does, from the operas themselves, their composers, the dramatic material they used, the social background of their work, to the merits, or, even more interesting, the demerits, of certain singers. The next best thing to personal discussion is reading about opera. It is to be hoped that the contents of this anthology may, in turn, stimulate new discussion and eventually lead to deeper understanding of the operatic art.
Description
Plain red hardback; cover image is of the spine.
Number of Copies
1
