A compelling tour of 400 years of the world's great operas, this comprehensive reference analyzes every operatic period, from the baroque to the present, placing each one in its appropriate sociopolitical context. With works from an array of countries--Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy, and the United States--the guide also includes biographies for every important composer and synopses for each of their key works, as well as an examination of the singers, festivals, stages, and even buildings that ...
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A compelling tour of 400 years of the world's great operas, this comprehensive reference analyzes every operatic period, from the baroque to the present, placing each one in its appropriate sociopolitical context. With works from an array of countries--Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy, and the United States--the guide also includes biographies for every important composer and synopses for each of their key works, as well as an examination of the singers, festivals, stages, and even buildings that make opera such a thrilling art form. "Un recorrido absorbente por 400 anos de las grandes operas mundiales, esta referencia comprensiva analiza cada periodo operistico, desde el barroco hasta el presente, ubicandolo en su contexto sociopolitico apropiado. Con obras de una variedad de paises--Austria, Hungria, la Republica Checa, Alemania, Francia, Italia y los Estados Unidos--esta guia incluye tambien biografias de cada compositor importante y sinopsis de cada una de sus obras claves, asi como tambien una exploracion de los cantantes, los festivales, los escenarios y hasta los edificios que hacen de la opera un medio artistico tan emocionante."
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