A Passion for Opera Learning to Love It: The Greatest Masters, Their Greatest Music

by Smith, Peter Fox

• ISBN13: 9781570762802
• ISBN10: 1570762805
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

Summary

An invaluable presentation for both beginners desiring to learn about opera as well as opera lovers seeking more information and new insights.

Author Biography

Peter Fox Smith, raised in an operatic family, has brought his passion for opera into the lives of thousands through his music tours, college teaching, lectures here and abroad, and for twenty-seven years as the writer, producer, and voice of fifteen hundred "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera" broadcasts for Vermont Public Radio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Monteverdi to Mozart: The Beginnings of Opera	p. 11
Mozart: The Father of Modern Opera	p. 35
Bel Canto Operas: Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini	p. 77
Early 19th Century German Opera: Beethoven and Weber	p. 121
Wagner I: Three Early Masterpieces	p. 145
Verdi I: The First Masterworks	p. 181
Wagner II: The Big Music Dramas	p. 223
Verdi II: Aida, Otello, and Falstaff	p. 327
19th Century French Opera: Six Favorites	p. 369
19th Century Slavic Opera: Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky	p. 429
The Great Age of Operetta	p. 463
The Incomparable Puccini	p. 495
German Opera after Wagner: Richard Strauss	p. 583
Opera in the 20th Century: Six Major Dramas	p. 615
Afterword	p. 691
Getting Started with CDs	p. 693
Bibliography	p. 695
Index	p. 699
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