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Arabella: English National Opera Guide 30 (Opera Guides (Overture))
Richard Strauss
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Description for Arabella: English National Opera Guide 30 (Opera Guides (Overture))
Paperback. 112 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): John, Nicholas. English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGC9. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 6. Weight: 166. Translator(s): Gutman, John.
Written in 1927, Arabella is a portrait – partly romanticized, partly factual – of Habsburg Vienna in the 1860s. It is also a celebration of the profound importance of courage and the ability to forgive in love. Our sympathies are not only drawn to Arabella, who waits for “the right man” to come, but to her younger sister, who breaks with conventional morality in the cause of her love. This opera is a moving testament to Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who died before it was completed, and it remains one of the best-loved products of his twenty-five- year collaboration with ... Read more
Written in 1927, Arabella is a portrait – partly romanticized, partly factual – of Habsburg Vienna in the 1860s. It is also a celebration of the profound importance of courage and the ability to forgive in love. Our sympathies are not only drawn to Arabella, who waits for “the right man” to come, but to her younger sister, who breaks with conventional morality in the cause of her love. This opera is a moving testament to Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who died before it was completed, and it remains one of the best-loved products of his twenty-five- year collaboration with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714544311
SKU
V9780714544311
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About Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss (1864–1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is best known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome.
Reviews for Arabella: English National Opera Guide 30 (Opera Guides (Overture))
Brilliantly produced and superb value.
Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.
Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.
TLS
Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.
Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.
TLS