Handbook of the Operas (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Excerpt from Handbook of the Operas

As they are the Operas chosen by popular interest, the col lection has a wide range in character, varying from lyric comedy to epic tragedy, from simple settings Of allegorical or fair tales to elaborate presentations Of heroic music drarria. 3(their musical rank 1s that Of grand Opera, that 18, opera in which every word 18 sung and the recitative is gen erally accompanied by the orchestra. They are characterized as comic, tragic, fairy, allegorical, sentimental, or heroic, ac cording to the prevailing interest, which is revealed more by the music than by the plot. They are given in alpha betical order for convenient reference, except that the mem bers of Wagner's tetralogy are given under the title,' The Ring Of the Nibelung.

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