100 Great Operas And Their Stories: Act-By-Act Synopses
Henry W. Simon, "100 Great Operas And Their Stories: Act-By-Act Synopses"
ISBN: 0385054483 | 1989 | EPUB/MOBI | 554 pages | 2 MB/1 MB
An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and afficionados, this volume contains act-by-act descriptions of operatic works ranging from the early seventeenth century masterworks of Monteverdi and Purcell to the modern classics of Menotti and Britten. Written in a lively anecdotal style, entries include character descriptions, historical background, and much more.