- Title:
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Opera (MP3)
- Series:
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Bolinda Beginner Guides
- Written by:
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Alexandra Wilson
- Read by:
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Geoff Ridden
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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- MP3 size:
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- Published:
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January 01 2012
- Available Date:
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January 28 2012
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781743105122
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Performing Arts
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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“In her admirably compact introduction to opera, Wilson outlines the history of this most ambitious of art forms, while going on to place opera in a broad social, political and cultural context… packed with richly resonant material.”
Daniel Snowman, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and author of The Guilded Stage: A Social History of Opera
An insider’s take that proves opera is something everyone can enjoy.
Opera is often dismissed as outdated and excessive, and perceived to be characterised by excessive passions, sumptuous costumes, and ill-mannered divas. In reality, however, operas address the most fundamental and universal of human concerns - love, death, jealousy, greed, and power.
Revealing the diverse reasons behind opera’s lasting appeal, opera champion and expert Alexandra Wilson provides a lucid and engaging introduction to the agendas that have governed its composition, production and reception over the last four centuries, and explains the reasons behind its enduring appeal.
“Alexandra Wilson … has packed a world of history, culture, and music into her new opera guide. While providing the reader with the expected information on operatic history and terminology, Wilson goes at least two steps further to explore issues that will be relevant to the modern reader, among them: politics, gender, race, media, and production.”
Helen Greenwald, New England Conservatory
“As useful to students of opera as to the curious amateur, Alex Wilson’s ‘Beginner’s Guide’ makes a huge contribution to the popularisation of a ‘living art’.”
Clair Rowden, Lecturer, School of Music, Cardiff University