Opera 101, Fred Plotkin
Opera 101, Fred Plotkin
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Opera 101
A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera

Author: Fred Plotkin

Narrator: Fred Plotkin

Unabridged: 18 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, Music, Opera

Synopsis

Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher and former performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces listeners, whatever their level of musical knowledge, to all the riches of opera, the fastest growing of all the performing arts

About Fred Plotkin

Fred Plotkin has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Opera News, and other publications. He lectures frequently at the Smithsonian Institution, the Juilliard School, and Columbia University. He is the author of nine books, many of them on Italian topics. He lives in New York and Italy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by M on January 11, 2020

I’m not going to lie, I didn’t read this entire book and neither should you. Chapter 1: 400 years of Opera is absolutely FASCINATING and also 100 pages long, everything you need is right there. Chapter 3: Going to the Opera is pedantic and skipable. Chapters 4-15 are great primers if you are seeing th......more

Goodreads review by Realini on November 04, 2017

Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera by Plotkin Fred 8 out of 10 The scope of this book is remarkable. I can only wish that the infamous Mission Accomplished could be flaoting in the wind after reading this work. - Only opera will still be as far away from this reader as it was when......more

Goodreads review by chris on May 14, 2025

Now, then, you will see men love As in real life they love, and you will see True hatred and its bitter fruit. And you will hear Shouts of both rage and grief, and cynical laughter. Mark well, therefore, our souls, Rather than the poor players' garb We wear, for we are men Of flesh and bone, like you, brea......more

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