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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
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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.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Perfect companion to anyone who likes listening or watching opera, but has no idea what they are listening to or watching - really insightful and detailed. Like a lonely planet guide to opera!
20 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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After years of parental pressure I've given in and bought a book on Opera. I've also started listening to Classic FM. (Oh and I've started listening to my father's ramblings.) Must be a sign of maturity.
This book has been a great little companion for entering the world of Opera - something of an enigma to me until now.
Bravo.
This book has been a great little companion for entering the world of Opera - something of an enigma to me until now.
Bravo.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Think twice.
15 Jun 2007
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This "concise" edition of the significantly bulkier and heavier "New Penguin Opera Guide" (2001) includes no illustrations and covers "only" 250 operas (instead of the the other edition's roughly 2000 operas, not to mention 750 additional composers). Of course, the 250 works that ARE covered here include virtually all of the operas commonly performed. (But this edition does omit perhaps a handful of "borderline-popular" titles such as Belioz' "La damnation de Faust.")
Considering that this "concise" edition can be bought from Amazon's third-party sellers at a dirt-cheap price, it's a pretty good deal. But, whatever you do, don't pay the full retail price (of roughly $16). Heck, you could find a nice-condition copy of the unabridged "New Penguin Opera Guide" costing no more than that if you do some searching.
Of course, if neither "price" nor "compactness" is any concern to you, why even consider this edition? (Spend more and GET more!)
Finally, also be aware that perhaps the best (most comprehensive) single-volume "opera and composer encyclopedia" of them all is the original, 1993 version of "The New Penguin Opera Guide," which was titled "The Viking Opera Guide." That "Viking" edition (typically rather pricey in the used-book market!) has darker (easier-to-read) text and many more illustrations than its circa-2001 successor. Moreover, it covers somewhat more of the older composers and operas. [For more details, see my Amazon review (06-15-2007) of "The New Penguin Opera Guide."]
Considering that this "concise" edition can be bought from Amazon's third-party sellers at a dirt-cheap price, it's a pretty good deal. But, whatever you do, don't pay the full retail price (of roughly $16). Heck, you could find a nice-condition copy of the unabridged "New Penguin Opera Guide" costing no more than that if you do some searching.
Of course, if neither "price" nor "compactness" is any concern to you, why even consider this edition? (Spend more and GET more!)
Finally, also be aware that perhaps the best (most comprehensive) single-volume "opera and composer encyclopedia" of them all is the original, 1993 version of "The New Penguin Opera Guide," which was titled "The Viking Opera Guide." That "Viking" edition (typically rather pricey in the used-book market!) has darker (easier-to-read) text and many more illustrations than its circa-2001 successor. Moreover, it covers somewhat more of the older composers and operas. [For more details, see my Amazon review (06-15-2007) of "The New Penguin Opera Guide."]
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