The experience of opera
1973, First Edition. London : Faber. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Foxing to spine. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #403208
ISBN: 0571101461
Physical description; 331 pages 23 cm. Notes; Chapters drawn from the New York Herald Tribune (1954-1963). Includes index. Contents; Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Gluck -- 2. Opera buffa -- 3. Mozart -- 4. Beethoven -- 5. Rossini -- 6. Donizetti and Bellini -- 7. Flotow and Nicolai -- 8. Verdi -- 9. Verismo -- 10. Puccini -- 11. French opera -- 12. Russian opera -- 13. Wagner -- 14. Strauss -- 15. Berg -- 16. Stravinsky -- 17. Out of the main stream -- 18. American opera, native and naturalized -- 19. Opera in English -- 20. Stageless opera -- 21. Operetta -- Index of works -- Index of names. Subjects; Opera. Opera Adresses, essays, lectures. Opera History and criticism.
Price: €12.95