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NUCLARK |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780786880256 |
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NUCLARK |
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NUCLARK |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
MT 95 .P56 1994 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Plotkin, Fred |
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author |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Opera 101 : |
| Remainder of title |
a complete guide to learning and loving opera / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Fred Plotkin |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
United States of America : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Hachette Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1994 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 494 : |
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Illustration ; |
| Dimensions |
21cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
PHP340.00 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references, discography and videography, and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Foreword by Plácido Domingo -- Introduction -- 1. 400 Years of Opera -- 2. Becoming an Opera Cognoscente -- 3. Going to the Opera; Discography for Opera 101 -- 4. Rigoletto: Learning Your First Opera -- 5. Tosca: Opera as Drama -- 6. Lucia di Lammermoor: Drama Expressed Through Music -- 7. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Opera and Comedy -- 8. Don Giovanni: Classical Opera -- 9. Les Contes d'Hoffmann: French Opera -- 10. Eugene Onegin: Romantic Opera -- 11. Don Carlo: Grand Opera -- 12. Tannhäuser: Opera and Ideas -- 13. Die Walküre: Epic Opera -- 14. Elektra: Psychological Opera. -- 15. Opera and You: A Lifelong Love Affair -- Appendix A: Suggested Reading About Opera -- Appendix B: Opera Discography and Videography: Recommended Performances -- Appendix C: Opera Houses Around the World: A Complete List for the Traveler -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"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--a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook to 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 the reader (whatever his or her level of musical knowledge) to all the elements that make up opera, including: A brief, entertaining history of opera; An explanation of key operatic concepts, from vocal types to musical conventions; Hints on the best way to approach the first opera you attend and how to best understand what is happening both offstage and on; Lists of recommended books and recordings, and the most complete traveler's guide to opera houses around the world. 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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OPERAS--ANALYSIS, APPRECIATION |
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Library of Congress Classification |
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No |
