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Aida: An Introduction to Verdi's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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Aida is one of the most popular operas ever written, a sumptuous work which has moments of great drama, but which reminds us in the end that it's all about people--the greatest love affairs and the greatest affairs of state cliff themselves in simple humanity.
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The Barber of Seville: An Introduction to Rossini's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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The Barber at Seville is Rossini's most popular opera. Its effervescent overture (written originally for another work) presents is perfect platform for the amusing plot in which the barber, Figaro, stage-manages a romance between Count Amative and Rossini, and puts to weight the old suitor, Dr. Bartola.
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Carmen: An Introduction to Bizet's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Meilhac and Halévy, based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée.
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Die Fledermaus: An Introduction to J. Strauss Jr's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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Die Falderals is one of the New operative works to which the phrase never a dull moment' can be truthfully applied from the explosive opening of the famous overtime…
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Fidelio: An Introduction to Beethoven's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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Fidelio is a work like no other. Beethoven's only opera is about the joy of married love-by a man who never knew that pleasure.
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The Flying Dutchman: An Introduction to Wagner
by Thomson Smille
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Wagner is the Everest of opera. Viewed from the foothills, his towering masterpieces, with their lofty themes and sometimes extraordinary length, can seem to test the endurance of all but the fanatic.
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La Boheme: An Introduction to Puccini's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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La Boherne virtually defines the term romantic. The poignant story of Mini and Rudolf is told in music of such tender beauty, afraid, as always, to Pooch's intuition of what works in the theatre, resulting in an opera that realty to our emotions and senses.
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La Traviata: An Introduction to Verdi's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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La traviata, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas…
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Madama Butterfly: An Introduction to Puccini's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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Madama Butterfly truly does run the game of operate emotion day that of Madama Butterfly issued to an American senior and then afterward engages out enclose as it obviously did Puccini's to a degree equaled by new other opera hoarsens.
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The Magic Flute: An Introduction to Mozart's Opera
by Thomson Smille
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Die Zauberflöte (en: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. This opera is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form which included both singing and spoken dialogue. It premiered in Vienna on September 30, 1791.
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