A History of Opera

by Roger Parker and Carolyn Abbate

Book Overview

Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their "effervescent, witty" (Die Welt, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates, and its role in society. Now with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this "lucid and sweeping" (Boston Globe) narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393348954
• ISBN13: 9780393348958
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"