Opera A Crash Course Dr Stephen Pettitt History Biographies Composers
Opera: A Crash Course by Dr Stephen Pettitt From 17th-century Italy to the cusp of 21st-century America, this chronology summarizes the history of one of the world's most alluring and enduring forms of musical entertainment Providing background knowledge designed to enable readers who are new to opera to derive enhanced enjoyment from it, this book includes a guide to the operatic repertoire from Baroque and Classical to the present There are also short biographies of the great composers and pe