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Non succede spesso che uno scrittore apra le porte della propria officina letteraria, rivelando cosa si nasconde dietro le parole che leggeremo (e ameremo) e cosa si nasconde dietro le parole che non leggeremo mai. Ancora più raro è trovare un libro in cui a raccontarsi sono più di cinquanta grandi autori della narrativa e della saggistica contemporanea, diversi per pubblico, genere e stile: da David Foster Wallace a Tom Wolfe, da Philip Roth ...

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For anyone who has tried to unscramble the plot of Mozart s The Magic Flute by skimming through an incomprehensible synopsis in a rapidly darkening hall, this compact, well-written, well-designed collection of stories of the great operas will be a boon. The book, published jointly by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and W. W. Norton, contains the plots of 150 of the world s most popular operas, there are also short, informative biographies of each...

This book is the story of the mysterious region between Earth and the Sun, where violent storms rage unseen by human eyes.

The story of the mysterious region between Earth and the Sun, where violent storms rage unseen by human eyes.

Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.

The opera-goer's indispensable guide. About to see Rossini's William Tell, Verdi's I Lombardi, Gluck's Alceste, Philzner's Palestrina, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream? The stories of these operas and 120 others are told, clearly and concisely, in this companion volume to the highly successful Metropolitan Open Stories of the Great Operas. Opera News associate editor John W. Freeman untangles and summarizes the often complicated plots and p...