Autor Roger Parker, Carolyn Abbate

This definitive work tells the entire story of the world's most extraordinary artistic medium of the last four hundred years. Opera paints the human passions with astonishing power and drama. This book, the first new, full-length, single-volume history…

Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? The authors answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role.

Dějiny opery zasvěceně rozebírají mnohá díla největších skladatelů, od Monteverdiho a Händela přes Mozarta a Verdiho až po Wagnera, Strausse, Pucciniho, Berga či Brittena. Autoři čtivě líčí i společenské, politické a literární pozadí opery, ekonomické…