Download or read book 100 Great Operas And Their Stories written by Henry W. Simon and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1989-04-22 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Great Opera Stories written by Jeremy Harwood and published by . This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Random House Book of Opera Stories written by and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful collection captures all the thrills of a night at the opera.--

Download or read book The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas written by John W. Freeman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.

Download or read book The Book Of Opera Stories written by Marian E. ]. [Greene and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stories from the Operas written by Gladys Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Book of Operas Their Histories Their Plots and Their Music written by Henry Edward Krehbiel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-12 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book The complete opera book the stories of the operas written by Gustav Kobbé and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 955 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Book of Operas written by Henry Edward Krehbiel and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stories of Popular Operas written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sing Me a Story written by Jane Rosenberg and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engaging. . . . The text and illustrations exude the glamour, passion, and lyricism of opera.”—Publishers Weekly Jane Rosenberg’s delightful retellings for children of the greatest operas—whether the tales are read as introductions to a opera or to relive a production already seen, art and text combine to give a clear understanding of plot, scene, and character. Young children in particular will enjoy reading the stories—or having them read—both as lovely fairy tales and to help them share in the magic of a real dramatic performance. Here are the gaiety of The Barber of Seville and the lavish spectacle of Aida. Sets, costumes, and lighting are re-created to give the true flavor of authentic productions and to approximate, as fully as possible, the experience of attending the opera oneself.

Download or read book Great Opera Stories written by Millicent Schwab Bender and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Opera Stories: Taken from Original Sources in Old German by Millicent Schwab Bender is a collection of works that helped forge German and Saxon culture. This volume contains the classic tales: Children of Kings, Haensel and Gretel, The Master Singers, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, The Flying Dutchman, and Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight which continue to fill readers with wonder and a sense of magic.

Download or read book The Complete Opera Book written by Gustave Kobbe and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Complete Opera Book written by Gustav Kobbé and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of Opera Stories written by Marian E. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Book of Opera Anecdotes written by Ethan Mordden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the long-established success of Ethan Mordden's Opera Anecdotes, The New Book Of Opera Anecdotes continues where the original left off, bringing into view the new corps of major singers that arose after the first book's publication in 1985 -- artists such as Renee Fleming, Roberto Alagna, Deborah Voigt, Jonas Kaufmann, Kathleen Battle, and Jane Eaglen (who tested her family with Turandot's three riddles and got a very original answer). There are also fresh adventures with opera's fabled great -- Rossini, Wagner, Toscanini (whose temper tantrums are always good for a story), Franco Corelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price (who, when the Met's Rudolf Bing offered her the voice-killing role of Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco, said, "Man, are you crazy?"). Almost all the stories in The New Book Of Opera Anecdotes are completely new, whether from the present or the past, taking in many historical developments, from the rise of the conductor to the appearance of the gymmed-up "bari-hunk" who refuses to play any role in which he can't appear shirtless. While most of Mordden's anecdotes are humorous, some are emotionally touching, such as one recounting a Met production of Mozart's The Marriage Of Figaro in which Renee Fleming sang alongside her own six-year-old daughter. Other tales are suspenseful, as when Tito Gobbi shows off his ability to make anyone turn around simply by staring at his or her back. He tries it on Nazi monster Joseph Goebbels, who does turn around, and then starts to move toward Gobbi, seething with rage, step by step... Mordden recounts these stories in his own unique voice, amplifying events for reading pleasure and adding in background material so the opera newcomer can play on the same field as the aficionado. Witty, dramatoic, and at times a little shocking, The New Book Of Opera Anecdotes will be a welcome addition to any opera fan's library.

Download or read book The Victrola Book of the Opera written by Samuel Holland Rous and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: