The Good Opera Guide

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1994
Edition: First Edition

Description: 953 pages. Jacket is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This is a guide to the 83 most popular operas . It gives the plots, what to listen out for in the music, news and gossip about the way each opera was composed and first produced, plus a trenchant critique of each one. The book includes a Whos Who of todays leading singers and conductors giving views, not always complimentary about each. There is also a glossary of technical words about opera.

ISBN: 9780297815013