The New Penguin Opera Guide by Amanda Holden
This volume includes a range of material and information which embraces all forms of opera from its beginnings through to the 21st century, covering composers, individual operas and operatic history. Over 100 contributors have written on more than 800 composers and examined 1500 operas in detail.
Amanda Holden studied music at Oxford with Egon Wellesz and has taught at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her opera translations, many of them commissioned by the English National Opera, are performed throughout the English speaking world. She received the Olivier award for "outstanding achievement in opera" in 2001 - along with Mark Anthony Turnage, the composer - for her libretto for The Silver Tassie. She edited The Viking Opera Guide (1993). Amanda Holden lives in London, N5.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140514759 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140514759 |
| Title | The New Penguin Opera Guide |
| Author | Amanda Holden |
| Series | Penguin Reference Books S |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 1170 |
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