The Rough Guide to Opera 4 (Rough Guide Reference)
by Matthew Boyden
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Author: Matthew BoydenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-16
ISBN: 1843535386
Number of pages: 768
Publisher: Rough Guides
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Book Review: Just KEEPS Getting BETTER and BETTER!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Matthew Boyden, You've DONE IT AGAIN! You've updated your marvelous "Bible of Opera" and, again, increased its useful value many times over!
I have used this wonderful "guide" for 3 revisions, now, and I must tell you that there simply IS NOT another volume of any kind out there that is as much help selecting, evaluating, and assessing available (and not available, also) recordings, including thoughts and assessments of the conductor's individual interpretation, the general overall orchestral playing, the level and condition of singer's input, and general overall sound (individually) of the recording(s), and also gives, in many cases, a "re-evaluation" as to which single recording is the best over-all choice, and why.
Mr. Boyden also pulls no punches...no "favorites" here, coloring his views! Nor does he shy away from telling exactly what is "wrong" with individual performer's interpretations of their role(s)...what they "should" be, and what they "are not", in clear black and white evaluations!
He also gives you hints and suggestions as to where you might find oop, and long sought recordings.
Also, as always, you get biographies of the composers, and an overview of their work, lists of "necessary" works, their synopses, and where/when/and who with, they were first performed, and also the general receptance by the public of the work.
Overall, one of the most valuable reference works on the art of Opera that has ever come along, now updated to Edition 4, and greatly expanded and enriched since the last edition.
A MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED reference work for anyone interested in Opera, and Classical Music in general, or Music History. "WELL" Worth it's GENEROUS weight in gold! ~operabruin
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