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The Operagoer's Guide: One Hundred Stories and Commentaries (Amadeus)

Author Owen Lee

Format Paperback

Publisher Amadeus Press

Category Classical and Opera

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In this volume, Father M. Owen Lee writes for the 21st-century operagoer, briskly and stylishly telling the stories of 100 of the world's greatest music dramas - from Aida to Die Zauberflote. The stories told in music by Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini and Strauss are brought to life here with wit, insight and boundless enthusiasm. When compiling and composing this pocket-sized handbook, Fr. Lee considered the unique needs of the modern operagoer. Contemporary text-translating services have made pure synopses somewhat redundant. Fr. Lee, therefore, has focused his commentaries less on the comings and goings of plot than on subtext, motivation and background information. He also suggests his single favorite recording for each of the 100 operas discussed. In all, he has written a guide that will prove invaluable to the opera novice and useful even for the aficionado.

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Release Date: 2003-03-01
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781574670653

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