Ernest Newman, "More stories of famous operas,"
English | 2013 | ASIN: B0007DNAU2 | EPUB | pages: 853 | 22.1 mb
1946, Reprint Edition, Hardcover, No dust jacket, 592 pages, More stories of famous operas by Ernest Newman This book contains the definitive treatment of the stories, texts & music of Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, The Barber of Bagdad, Thais, Eugen Onegin, Prince Igor, The Golden Cockerel, Elektra, Orfeo & Euridice, Lakme, Les Huguenots, Cosi fan tutte, The Seraglio, Les Troyens, Don Pasquale, La Juive, Manon, Falstaff, Louise, Pelleas & Melisande, The Bartered Bride, Die Fledermaus, Romeo & Juliet, Der Rosenkavalier, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Wozzeck, L'Heure Espagnole & Boris Godounov. The foremost authority on opera presented in the comprehensive volume all that the opera-goer, radio listener, music-lover & confirmed operamane will wish to know about them. It's unique as both guide & armchair companion. Ernest Newman's gigantic grasp of his subject is clear at every turn, as are his sheer writing ability & wit. He larded his treatment of the operas with biographical & historical materials acquired in a long lifetime of study & writing. This is the first volume of the trilogy of books (the other two being The Wagner Operas & Seventeen Famous Operas with which Newman wished to replace his earlier book, Stories of the Great Operas.