A History of Opera – $645
by rgonzalezr
A bold, engaging exploration of opera’s fundamental nature and enduring appeal, from the sixteenth century to the present. A History of Opera, the first new, full-length, single-volume history of opera for more than a generation, provokes in-depth discussions of many works by the greatest opera composers, from Monteverdi, Handel, and Mozart to Verdi and Wagner, to Strauss, Puccini, Berg, and Britten. There are lively discussions of opera’s social, political, and literary backgrounds, its economic cicumstances, and the almost continual polemics […]
Categories: Historia, Música • Tags: 2013, Abbate, Berg, History of Opera, Música, Monteverdi, Mozart, music, Opera, Puccini, Verdi, W.W. Norton, Wagner