Opera 101 : a complete guide to learning and loving opera / Fred Plotkin ; [foreword by Plácido Domingo].

By:

Plotkin, Fred, 1956-

Contributor(s):

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- [prologuista]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Hachette Books, 2014.Description: xvii, 494 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780786880256

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

782.1

LOC classification:

MT 95 P729o 2014

Online resources:

Contents:

400 years of opera Becoming an opera cognoscente Going to the opera: discography for Opera 101 Rigoletto: learning your first opera Tosca: opera as drama Lucia di Lammermoor: drama expressed through music Il barbiere di Siviglia: opera and comedy Don Giovanni: Classical opera Les contes d'Hoffmann: French opera Eugene Onegin: romantic opera Don Carlo: grand opera Tannhäuser: opera and ideas Die walküre: epic opera Elektra: psychological opera Opera and you: a lifelong love affair

Summary: Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you. Opera 101 is recognized as the standard text in English for anyone who wants to become an opera lover. It is a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook for learning how to listen to opera, whether on the radio, on recordings, or live at the opera house. Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher about opera who for many years was performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces listeners, whatever their level of musical knowledge, to all the elements that make up opera, including: The major part of Opera 101 is devoted to an almost minute-by-minute analysis of eleven key operas, ranging from Verdi's thunderous masterpiece Rigoletto and Puccini's electrifying Tosca through works by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, to the psychological complexities of Richard Strauss's Elektra. Once you have completed Opera 101, you will be prepared to see and hear any opera you encounter, thanks to this book's unprecedentedly detailed and enjoyable method of revealing the riches of opera

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	MT 95 P729o 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000157459

Includes discographies.

Includes videography (p. 405-414).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-403) and index.

400 years of opera
Becoming an opera cognoscente
Going to the opera: discography for Opera 101
Rigoletto: learning your first opera
Tosca: opera as drama
Lucia di Lammermoor: drama expressed through music
Il barbiere di Siviglia: opera and comedy
Don Giovanni: Classical opera
Les contes d'Hoffmann: French opera
Eugene Onegin: romantic opera
Don Carlo: grand opera
Tannhäuser: opera and ideas
Die walküre: epic opera
Elektra: psychological opera
Opera and you: a lifelong love affair

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you. Opera 101 is recognized as the standard text in English for anyone who wants to become an opera lover. It is a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook for learning how to listen to opera, whether on the radio, on recordings, or live at the opera house. Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher about opera who for many years was performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces listeners, whatever their level of musical knowledge, to all the elements that make up opera, including: The major part of Opera 101 is devoted to an almost minute-by-minute analysis of eleven key operas, ranging from Verdi's thunderous masterpiece Rigoletto and Puccini's electrifying Tosca through works by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, to the psychological complexities of Richard Strauss's Elektra. Once you have completed Opera 101, you will be prepared to see and hear any opera you encounter, thanks to this book's unprecedentedly detailed and enjoyable method of revealing the riches of opera

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