You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, FLAC, WMA, ATRAC, MP3, MPEG4 (compression RAR, DMG, ACE, TAR.Z, ZIP, TBZ, TAR.BZ2)
Total pages original book: 448
Includes a PDF summary of 51 pages
Duration of the summary (audio): 38M27S (10.2 MB)
Description or summary of the audiobook: This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Ades and George Benjamin. Whether you are a first-timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian, every opera-goer can benefit from a little background information, and this book aims to provide just that. Accessible and easy-to-use, it contains entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.
Other categories, genre or collection: Study & Learning Skills: General, Opera, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works, Music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials