Grand Opera
Charles Affron, Mirella Jona Affron · 2014
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About the book
The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron tell how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. In this first new history of the company in thirty years, each of the chronologically sequenced chapters surveys a composer or a slice of the repertoire and brings to life dominant personalities and memorable performances of the time. From the opening night Faust to the recent controversial production of Wagner's ...
Book details
- Year
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 461
- ISBN
- 9780520958975
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