商品簡介
DiGaetani has updated and revised his guide to opera to incorporate electronic media and new opera companies is several cities. He discusses the history of opera from the early years to the modern period, the operatic voice, opera as theater: the revolutionaries, the current opera scene: production since World War II, how the conductor controls what audiences hear, the great singers: opera's vocal tradition, and the standard repertory: the 50 most often performed operas. The book is widely used in courses introducing opera. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
John Louis DiGaetani, an English professor at Hofstra University, is the author of numerous books about opera and theater.