Birth of An Opera : Fifteen Masterpieces From Poppea To Wozzeck.

Rose tells the stories behind the genesis and production of 15 operas, including L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Alceste, Idomeneo, Le Nozze di Figaro, Fidelio, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Les Troyens, Tristan und Isolde, Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Otello, Pelleas et Melisande, Ariadne auf Naxos, Turandot, and Wozzeck. With a preface, plot outlines, sources and index. Illustrations.

xviii, 441 p.; 24 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 0393060438
ISBN13: 9780393060430