30-Second Opera: The 50 crucial concepts, roles and performers, each explained in half a minute
By Hugo Shirley
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Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture, yet to the modern novice it can seem exclusive, overwhelming and, often, very very long.
In 30-Second Opera, music journalist Hugo Shirley takes the reader through the many building blocks that combine to bring the medium alive: its musical history, context and language, its composers, characters, and its performers. Broken down into 50 neat and effective 300 word entries, each submitted from a respected selection of opera buffs, this book will lift the curtain on the various elements of opera and open up a more informed way to listen, to understand, and above all to enjoy your experience of a performance.
Hugo Shirley
Hugo Shirley is reviews editor at ‘Gramophone’. Formerly deputy editor of ‘Opera’ and opera critic of ‘The Spectator’, he continues to work as a critic for the ‘Daily Telegraph’ and ‘Financial Times’, as well as for ‘Gramophone’ and ‘Opera’, writing widely on opera and classical music elsewhere. Having received his PhD from King's College London in 2011, he also maintains a profile in musicology and published work in the ‘Cambridge Opera Journal’, ‘The Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Music & Letters’.
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