Experience of Opera

Name: Experience of Opera
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ISBN: 9780393007060

ISBN-10: 0393007065

ISBN-13: 9780393007060

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Paul Henry Lang

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Based on Dr. Lang's experience as music critic of the New York Herald Tribune, this book preserves the immediate reactions of a working reviewer, his on-the-spot responses to the actual experience of theatrical productions, spanning the active repertory from Gluck to the present day. It is at once an introduction to the art of opera and a rich repository of perceptions about the changing nature and esthetics of the musical theater. All of the major composers are discussed: Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Berg, and Stravinsky. There are also chapters on opera buffa, verismo, French opera, Russian opera, American opera, operetta, opera…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/1973
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 0.50" wide x 0.77" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English