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23%OFFRupert Christiansen - The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera: New Edition - 9780571306824 - V9780571306824
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The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera: New Edition

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Description for The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera: New Edition Paperback. Incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Ades and George Benjamin. Editor(s): Christiansen, Rupert. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250.

This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Adès and George Benjamin.

Whether you are a first-timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian, every opera-goer can benefit from a little background information, and this book aims to provide just that. Accessible and easy-to-use, it contains entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571306824
SKU
V9780571306824
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Ref
99-5

About Rupert Christiansen
Rupert Christiansen was born in London and educated at the universities of Cambridge and Columbia. As well as several books of cultural history, he has written about opera for many publications, including the Spectator, the Observer, the Times Literary Supplement and Vanity Fair. Since 1966 he has been opera critic of the Daily Telegraph and a regular broadcaster. He ... Read more

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