Opera : learning to love it : the greatest masters, their greatest music

Smith, Peter Fox. (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 1570762805
Physical Description: print
xiii, 706 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Publisher: North Pomfret, Vt. : Trafalgar Square Pub., c2004.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Monteverdi to Mozart: the beginnings of opera -- Mozart: the father of modern opera -- Bel canto operas: Rossini, Donizaetti, and Bellini -- Early 19th century German opera: Beethoven and Weber -- Wagner I: three early masterpieces -- Verdi I: the first masterworks -- Wagner II: the big music dramas -- Verdi II: Aïda, Otello, and Falstaff -- 19th century French opera: six favorites -- 19th century Slavic opera: Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky -- The great age of operetta -- The incomparable Puccini -- German opera after Wagner: Richard Strauss -- Opera in the 20th century: six major dramas.