The Faber Pocket Guide To Opera

Author: Rupert Christiansen

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Price : 19.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780571306824
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Imprint : Faber & Faber
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Weight (g) : 0.248
Publication date : April 2014
Dimensions : 178mm X 111mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 19.99
Availability date : June 2014
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Product Type : books

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Author : Rupert Christiansen
Bind : Paperback
Edition : New edition
Pages : 448
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This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Ades and George Benjamin. Whether you are a first-timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian, every opera-goer can benefit from a little background information, and this book aims to provide just that. Accessible and easy-to-use, it contains entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.

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An expertly-written guide that is also extremely readable and accessible.