Item Detail
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Holden, Amanda
Kenyon, Nicholas
Walsh, Stephen -
Davis, Sir Colin, preface
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The Penguin opera guide
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Book
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London; New York, N.Y.
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1996
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Penguin
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xxviii, 530 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Abridged ed. of the Viking opera guide first published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd, in 1993
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0140251316 (pbk); 0670812935 (hc)
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Opera--Dictionaries.
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Operas; Singspiel; Musicals; Musical Theater
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ML 102 .O6 V55 1996
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Holden, Amanda, ed., Nicholas Kenyon, and Stephen Walsh. The Penguin Opera Guide. With preface by Sir Colin Davis. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc.,1996.
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Concise information about opera composers, plots, dates, as well as information on opera related genres such as singspiels, musicals, semi-operas, and musical theater. Helpful from ingénue to intellectual professor.
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No criteria set for the operas chosen, other than according to their significance and prominence in the opera world.
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Includes information on 150 articles about opera composers including biographical information, entries on important operatic works in order of their composition, as well as works without separate entries are listed with the premiere dates. Alphabetically organized by composer into sections designated by the letters of the alphabet. Each opera entry includes the title (in the original language and the English translation), the genre and duration, the librettist and source of libretto, as well as composition and premiere dates. The introduction to each work is followed by a synopsis of the opera, background of the opera, and a musical discussion. Operas are given space as merited. Includes an abbreviations guide, a glossary defining the technical terms used in the dictionary, a full biographical index of the contributors as well as an index of titles.
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Index of titles gives original language as well as English translation. Musical discussions provide performance guidelines.
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Not an extensive biography of composers. Opera synopsis are general; not a lot of detail.
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BYU Mus Ref
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2274