The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera

Amanda Holden, Amanda Holden

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Penguin
01 August 2005

Music; Opera; Reference works

A new, concise edition of the much-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide.

This concise edition of the critically-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide focusses on the composers and works most frequently performed today - ranging from Britten to Massenet, and from Mozart to Wagner. Composer biographies are accompanied by informed articles on individual operas, offering plot synopses, musical analysis and general commentary.

By: Amanda Holden
Edited by: Amanda Holden
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 415g
ISBN: 9780141016825
ISBN 10: 0141016825
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Amanda Holden has written some 50 translations and texts for the opera stage, theatre, and concert hall, including the libretto for Mark Anthony Turnage's opera 'The Silver Tassie', for which she received an Olivier Award. For The New Penguin Opera Guide she assembled a team of 100 experts. She lives in London.

Reviews for The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera

'Praise for The New Penguin Opera Guide: 'For range, breadth, enthusiasm and common sense, Amanda Holden's labour of love is already irreplaceable' Dennis Marks, Observer'