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The History of Opera (Non Fiction) | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Fawkes
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Category: Book
List Price: £11.99
Buy New: £2.38
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 972913
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 9626346760
Dewey Decimal Number: 782
EAN: 9789626346761
ASIN: 9626346760
Publication Date: June 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Sealed box; Mint Condition; We post daily by Royal Mail,from Uk location, Wrapped in bubble and inserted in jiffy bag ;Priority Airmail used Worldwide on International orders
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Informative, but frustrating July 31, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
On four cassettes, the history of opera is recounted in a fairly entertaining way. The plus points are definitely the many nice anecdotes of the life and times of various composers. The best part is a 30 sec. recording from the early 20th century of a castrato voice singing Ave Maria. On the other hand, the very short excerpts of the opera pieces are very frustrating. In addition, the sung pieces are not really commented upon as far as interpretation and orchestration is concerned. Much of this history depends on the history of recorded music. Also, I found that disproportionate coverage was given to the 19th century giants, leaving out much of the lesser known, but maybe more interesting earlier works in the Baroque period, but also those by Mozart, who is a little glossed over. The reader struggles quite a bit with German pronunciation, which can be annoying at times.
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