The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas
For seasoned opera-goers and first-time listeners alike, the definitive collection of opera stories. Now offered as a handsome boxed set, this guide treats opera lovers to 225 absorbing plot summaries. John Freeman has carefully selected the works to represent every opera performed today in the world's great houses, and he succeeds in vividly recounting the often intricate narratives. Whether used as a pre-performance refresher or a bedside companion, this new set of Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, Volumes One and Two, is an essential addition to any opera lover's library.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas
For seasoned opera-goers and first-time listeners alike, the definitive collection of opera stories. Now offered as a handsome boxed set, this guide treats opera lovers to 225 absorbing plot summaries. John Freeman has carefully selected the works to represent every opera performed today in the world's great houses, and he succeeds in vividly recounting the often intricate narratives. Whether used as a pre-performance refresher or a bedside companion, this new set of Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, Volumes One and Two, is an essential addition to any opera lover's library.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas

The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas

The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas

The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas

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For seasoned opera-goers and first-time listeners alike, the definitive collection of opera stories. Now offered as a handsome boxed set, this guide treats opera lovers to 225 absorbing plot summaries. John Freeman has carefully selected the works to represent every opera performed today in the world's great houses, and he succeeds in vividly recounting the often intricate narratives. Whether used as a pre-performance refresher or a bedside companion, this new set of Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, Volumes One and Two, is an essential addition to any opera lover's library.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393018882
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 11/17/1984
Series: Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas Series , #1
Pages: 584
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

b. 1943

b. 1920

Paul Gruber is the executive director for program development at the Metropolitan Opera Guild in New York.
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