Faber Book of Opera

by Tom Sutcliffe

Book Overview

Love it or hate it, opera is always a great topic to write about - whether as backdrop to romantic and ironic fiction, or as a seething cauldron of ideas for warring experts. Operatic history is not just 400 years of masterpieces; it's the seeds great composers sowed - for performances worth watching, and singers worth hearing - and it can be heaven, or plain hell. The finest writers about opera here are an Olympic roll-call: from Rousseau to Brecht,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571195954
• ISBN13: 9780571195954
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"