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Opera paints the human passions with astonishing power and drama. This book tells the history of opera for more than a generation provokes in-depth discussions of many works by the greatest opera composers, from Monteverdi, Handel and Mozart, to Verdi and Wagner, to Strauss, Puccini, Berg, and Britten.
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A History of Opera, Carolyn Abbate, Roger Parker
- Language
- Released
- 2012
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- A History of Opera
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Carolyn Abbate, Roger Parker
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 600
- ISBN10
- 0713996331
- ISBN13
- 9780713996333
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, Art, Music Theme, Music, Theater, Theatre & Dance, Art History & Criticism, History of Art, Research, Classical Music, Operas and Operettas
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- A History of Opera: The Last Four Hundred Years
- Rating
- 4.5 out of 5
- Description
- Opera paints the human passions with astonishing power and drama. This book tells the history of opera for more than a generation provokes in-depth discussions of many works by the greatest opera composers, from Monteverdi, Handel and Mozart, to Verdi and Wagner, to Strauss, Puccini, Berg, and Britten.