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001			on1019621595
003			OCoLC
005			20181119021537.0
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010			_a 2018008455
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020			_a046509693X _q(hardcover)
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042			_apcc
092			_a782.1 _bS413
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSchweitzer, Vivien, _eauthor. _9374291
245	1	2	_aA mad love : _ban introduction to opera / _cVivien Schweitzer.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_aviii, 271 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThere are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera--and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1607, generally considered the first successful opera, through classics like Carmen and La Boheme, and spanning to Brokeback Mountain and The Death of Klinghoffer in recent years. Musician and critic Vivien Schweitzer acquaints readers with the genre's most important composers and some of its most influential performers, recounts its long-standing debates, and explains its essential terminology. Today, opera is everywhere, from the historic houses of major opera companies to movie theaters and public parks to offbeat performance spaces and our earbuds. A Mad Love is an essential book for anyone who wants to appreciate this living, evolving art form in all its richness.-- _cPublisher's description.
505	0		_aFrom Gods to mortals -- The beautiful song of Italian opera -- Giants of the nineteenth century -- Realism in an unrealistic medium -- Fin De Siécle dissonance to midcentury melody -- Orpheus in the twenty-first century -- Ape costumes or period costumes?
650		0	_aOpera. _938600
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