Best Introduction To Opera - April 2024

A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera

A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first centuryThere 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 ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 046509693X
• ASIN: 046509693X
• ISBN: 046509693X
• Manufacturer: Basic Books

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Student Edition)

DESTINOS is an innovative beginning Spanish program based on a 26-week television series premiering on PBS in the fall of 1992. The 52 half-hour shows of the series use the powerful appeal of a uniquely Hispanic genre -- the telenovela (soap opera) -- to make language and culture come alive. The situation and context of each episode introduce students to the basic structures, language functions and vocabulary groups of Spanish that are then presented in the print materials. (Most grammar explanations and exercises are in the workbook/study guides.) This complete one-year course is designed to ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0070020698
• ASIN: 0070020698
• ISBN: 0070020698
• Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera

• ASIN: 0786880252
• ASIN: 0786880252
• ISBN: 0786880252
• Brand: Hachette Books
• Manufacturer: Hachette Books

A Soup Opera

A Soup Opera is a richly illustrated story about a man, a bowl of soup, and the man's comically frustrating quest to eat that soup. Characters in the cast of the opera include a waiter, a police officer and the President of the United States! Each book is packaged with a fully orchestrated CD that includes the narration, dialogue and instrumentation for the comic opera. The CD includes additional tracks created for teachers and others to use in dramatizing the book with children.

• ASIN: 0981572103
• ASIN: 0981572103
• ISBN: 0981572103
• Manufacturer: Jim Gill, Inc.

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destru... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451673264
• ASIN: 1451673264
• ISBN: 1451673264
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Workbook/Study Guide I (Lessons 1-26) to accompany Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish

Paperback, has some marks inside but the book is in very good condition, fast shipping

• ASIN: 0070020728
• ASIN: 0070020728
• ISBN: 0070020728
• Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill College

Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Juan Diego Flórez, Ruggero Raimondi, Teatro Real Madrid 2005

• ASIN: B00TCEVEMS
• ASIN: B00TCEVEMS

Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly affair of Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor who died painfully from cyanide poisoning during an intermission at La Fenice. But as the investigation unfolds, a chilling picture slowly begins to take shape—a detailed portrait of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006074068X
• ASIN: 006074068X
• ISBN: 006074068X
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Standard Vocal Literature - An Introduction to Repertoire: Baritone (Vocal Library)

(Vocal Collection). This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert & Sullivan. Recordings of recitation, diction lessons and piano accompaniments are accessed online via a unique code included in each book, and can be downloaded or streamed. Contents: ANONYMOUS: Have you seen but a white lily grow? * BELLINI: Vaga luna... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0634078763
• UPC: 073999679878
• ASIN: 0634078763
• ISBN: 0634078763
• Brand: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
• Manufacturer: Hal Leonard

Standard Vocal Literature - An Introduction to Repertoire: Soprano (Vocal Library)

(Vocal Collection). This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert & Sullivan. Contents: ARNE: Blow, blow thou winter wind * Where the bee sucks * DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love * Flow my tears * GIBBONS: The Silver Swan * PURCELL: I attempt from love's sickness * If music be the food of love * QUILTER: It was a lover... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0634078739
• UPC: 073999208122
• ASIN: 0634078739
• ISBN: 0634078739
• Brand: Hal Leonard
• Manufacturer: Hal Leonard

An Introduction to Classics to Moderns (Forty Very Easy Original Keyboard Pieces)

(Yorktown). Original, quality repertoire for the absolute beginner. Includes 40 very easy original keyboard miniatures, the majority of them in five-finger positions. Contents: Dudelsack (Unknown) * Old German Dance (Praetorius) * Curtain Raiser (Turk) * Carefree (Turk) * Roundelay (Von der Hofe) * Echo Dance (Philip Hainhofer) * Allemand (Praetorius) * Gavotte (Handel) * Minuet (Reinagle) * Scherzino (Reinagle) * Etude Melodique (Martin) * Bagatelle (Diabelli) * Minuetto (Hook) * Duettino (Attwood) * Song in Parallel Motion (Kohler) * Two Little Inventions (Jan Jakub Ryba) * Quadrille (Haydn)... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0825612667
• UPC: 752187766544
• ASIN: 0825612667
• ISBN: 0825612667
• Brand: Hal Leonard
• Manufacturer: Amsco Publications

The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features:-- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with det... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0679728058
• ASIN: 0679728058
• ISBN: 0679728058
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Heir to the Empire: Star Wars Legends (The Thrawn Trilogy) (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy Book 1)

• ASIN: B00513HX7Y
• ASIN: B00513HX7Y
• Manufacturer: Del Rey

First Lessons in Bach, Complete: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 2066 For the Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)

(Piano Collection). Books I and II of this traditional edition in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics have been combined in an affordable new volume. An excellent resource for Late Elementary to Early Intermediate pianists. Contents: Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 114 * Minuet in G minor, BWV App. 115 * Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 116 * Polonaise in G minor, BWV App. 119 * March in D Major, BWV 122 * Minuet in G Major from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 * Minuet in G minor from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 * Minuet in G minor (II) from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 * March in G Major, BWV App. 12... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1423421922
• UPC: 884088114350
• ASIN: 1423421922
• ISBN: 9781423421924
• Brand: G. Schirmer
• Manufacturer: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Hongyuantongxun Ocarina, Painted Fan-shaped Long Mouth, Six-hole, Mid-tone C, AC Ocarina, Ice Cracked Glazed Beginners, Introduction To Playing Instruments (Huangmei, 10.2 8.5 3.5cm) Easy to opera

Beautiful giftOcarina is a national wind instrument, a musical instrument that can sing, a living instrument! ! !Product Name: Ocarinacolor: WhitePattern: blue flower, yellow plum, violet, red plum, bamboo, lotusSound range: Alto Do to Treble MiSpecifications: 10.2 * 8.5 * 3.5cmUses: self-study, gifts, home decoration, etc.Packing: lanyard* 1, protective bag* 1, Ocarina* 1Easy to operate

• ASIN: B07SJ3B375
• ASIN: B07SJ3B375
• Brand: Hongyuantongxun
• Manufacturer: hongyuantongxun

The Phantom of the Opera

The classic story of a dangerous love triangle set in an 1890s Paris opera

• UPC: 701216200
• Rating: 3.716

The Phantom of the Opera

Sightings of a ghostly figure in the Paris opera house lead to a discovery of a disfigured genius who secretly lives among its

• UPC: 535490
• Rating: 3.747

A Mad Love : An Introduction to Opera

A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first centuryThere are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera--and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited

• UPC: 840687937

The Norton Introduction to Literature

"The most trusted guide for helping students read critically and write carefully. The Norton Introduction to Literature presents an engaging, balanced selection of literature to suit any course. Offering a thorough treatment of historical and

• UPC: 54980183

Muppets Meet the Classics: The Phantom of the Opera

Leroux's classic tale of love, intrigue, and jealousy at the Paris Opera House is reimagined with the cast of the Muppets. Readers can join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Uncle Deadly, and the other Muppets as they

• UPC: 55993280

The Phantom of the Opera

Sightings of a ghostly figure in the Paris opera house lead to a discovery of a disfigured genius who secretly lives among its

• UPC: 405712
• Rating: 3.716

The Phantom of the Opera

Sightings of a ghostly figure in the Paris opera house lead to a discovery of a disfigured genius who secretly lives among its

• UPC: 16709797
• Rating: 3.716

An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture : Third Edition

An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture is the culmination of several decades of experience that I have gained through work initially as an information technology manager and then as a consultant to executives in the public

• UPC: 21627697

The Phantom of the Opera

"First copyright 1909"--Title page

• UPC: 53272045
• Rating: 3.716

Practices of Looking : An Introduction to Visual Culture

Practices of Looking, Third Edition, bridges visual, communication, media, and cultural studies to investigate how images and the activity of looking carry meaning within and between different arenas in everyday life. The third edition has

• UPC: 56077742
• Rating: 3.0