a complete guide to learning and loving opera Plotkin, Fred 1956- creator Domingo, Plácido 1941- prologuista text bibliography nyu New York Hachette Books 2014 monographic eng

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xvii, 494 p. ; 22 cm. 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 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 Fred Plotkin ; [foreword by Plácido Domingo]. Includes discographies. Includes videography (p. 405-414). Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-403) and index. Operas Analysis, appreciation Operas Apreciación musical Operas Argumentos, tramas, etc Operas Historia MT 95 P729o 2014 782.1 9780786880256 94009477 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1207/94009477-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1401/94009477-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1207/94009477-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1401/94009477-b.html DLC 940314 20230411090813.0 3013543