A History of Opera
The Last Four Hundred Years
$56.20
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2015
Summary
The first full new history of opera in sixty years, now in paperback in an updated second edition.
Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role.
In a new revision with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141009018 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141009012 |
| Author: | Carolyn Abbate, Roger Parker |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 484g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 31mm |
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About The Author
Carolyn Abbate
Carolyn Abbate is Professor of Music at Harvard University and the author of Unsung Voices and In Search of Opera. Her work has been translated into many languages. She herself is a translator, and has been involved in theatre as a dramaturge and director.
Roger Parker is Professor of Music at King’s College, London, and the author of Leonora’s Last Act and Remaking the Song. He is founding co-editor of the Donizetti critical edition, and editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera.
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