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Authors: Henry W. Simon
ISBN-13: 9780385054485, ISBN-10: 0385054483
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: April 1989
Edition: REV
An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and afficionados, this volume contains act-by-act descriptions of operatic works ranging from the early seventeenth century masterworks of Monteverdi and Purcell to the modern classics of Menotti and Britten. Written in a lively anecdotal style, entries include character descriptions, historical background, and much more.