Oper für Dummies

This book takes you on a journey into the world of powerful voices, resonant orchestras, captivating dramas, elaborate stage designs, and magnificent costumes! From wicked queens and deals with the devil to impoverished artists, true love, and cunning wives who save their husbands from dungeons, everything can be found in opera. "Opera for Dummies" removes the fear of the unfamiliar, sometimes snobbish-seeming world of opera. The book teaches you the "language of opera" and guides you through the history of opera, spanning centuries, introducing you to the greatest operas, the most famous composers, and the opera houses of the past and present.