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 The World s Great Operas written by John Tasker Howard and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200 of the world's famous operas are clearly and concisely summarized. Appendices of the composers, sources of plots, and an index of the characters.

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 Stories of the Great Operas and Their Composers written by Ernest Newman and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Stories of Famous Operas written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stories of the World s Great Operas written by Thomas Matthews and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retellings of the stories of twenty-three well-known operas such as Madame Butterfly by Puccini, The Magic Flute by Mozart, and Carmen by Bizet.

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 Great Opera Stories Translated from Old German Original Sources 1912 written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book Stories of the Great Operas with Music written by Ernest Newman and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stories of Famous Operas Classic Reprint written by H. A. Guerber and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stories of Famous Operas It is hoped that these sketches will either enable the reader to recall beautiful scenes once beheld upon the stage, and to hear again in memory the beautiful melodies with which they are connected, or give non-opera-goers a faint idea of performances Which have given pleasure to thousands, and which, we trust, may long continue to charm all true music-lovers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the plots of 150 of the world's most popular operas, short biographies of the 72 composers represented, plus background material pertinent to each work.

Download or read book The Lyric Opera Companion written by Lyric Opera of Chicago and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on 90 operas commissioned by and first published in the programs of th Lyric Opera of Chicago. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Download or read book Great Operas written by Ernest Newman and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on 30 operatic masterpieces.

Download or read book Stories of Famous Operas written by Helen A. Guerber and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.

Download or read book The New Milton Cross Complete Stories of the Great Operas written by Milton Cross and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. This book was released on 1955 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Play-by-play descriptions of seventy-six famous operas, covering plot, dialogue, and every important aria." Publisher's note.