100 Great Operas And Their Stories by Henry W Simon

100 Great Operas And Their Stories by Henry W Simon

An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written.
 
From La Traviata to Aïda, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world's best-loved operas, told in an engaging, picturesque, and readable manner. Written by noted opera authority Henry W. Simon, this distinctive reference book contains act-by-act descriptions of 100 operatic works ranging from the historic early seventeenth century masterpieces of Monteverdi to the modern classics of Gian-Carlo Menotti.
 
In addition to highlighting the most important aspects of each opera, the author discusses the main characters, the famous turnings of plot, and the most significant arias. Here, too, is a wealth of anecdotes concerning literary background, past performances and stars, and production problems of the great operas.

Henry W. Simon (1901-1970) was a music critic, author, editor, educator, and chairman of the Music Critics Circle of New York. His other works include The Victor Book of the Opera(revised version) and the Compact Treasury of Great Operas.

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ISBN 13	9780385054485
ISBN 10	0385054483
Title	100 Great Operas And Their Stories
Author	Henry W Simon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1989-04-22
Number of pages	560
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