The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera by William Berger
2002 | ISBN: 0399527435 | English | 240 pages | PDF/EPUB | 4 MB/0.3 MB
2002 | ISBN: 0399527435 | English | 240 pages | PDF/EPUB | 4 MB/0.3 MB
Major composers including Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss * Legendary singers from the great divas to the Three Tenors * What to look for and listen to at the opera * The history of opera and why it endures * Stylistic variations and basic theoretical underpinnings * Appreciating the art form * Biographies of the opera's greatest artists * A survey of classic operas