03459pam a2200409 a 4500 116761 116761 3013543 BJBSDDR 20230411090813.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 940314s2014 nyu bkqr 001 0 eng 94009477 9780786880256 DLC DLC DLC eng MT 95 P729o 2014 782.1 Plotkin, Fred, 1956- 24394 Opera 101 : a complete guide to learning and loving opera / Fred Plotkin ; [foreword by Plácido Domingo]. New York : Hachette Books, 2014. xvii, 494 p. ; 22 cm. Includes discographies. Includes videography (p. 405-414). Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-403) and index. 400 years of opera Becoming an opera cognoscente Going to the opera: discography for Opera 101 Rigoletto: learning your first opera Tosca: opera as drama Lucia di Lammermoor: drama expressed through music Il barbiere di Siviglia: opera and comedy Don Giovanni: Classical opera Les contes d'Hoffmann: French opera Eugene Onegin: romantic opera Don Carlo: grand opera Tannhäuser: opera and ideas Die walküre: epic opera Elektra: psychological opera Opera and you: a lifelong love affair 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. It is a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook for 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 listeners, whatever their level of musical knowledge, to all the elements that make up opera, including: 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 Operas Analysis, appreciation. Operas Apreciación musical 16761 Operas Argumentos, tramas, etc. 25440 Operas Historia 25439 25441 Domingo, Plácido, 1941- prologuista Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1207/94009477-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1401/94009477-b.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2022-08-23 0 MT 95 P729o 2014 00000157459 2022-08-23 00:00:00 1 2022-08-23 BK