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The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, And Their Composers

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Good synopses

By Phil - February 7, 2010

This book has synopses for 73 popular operas by 27 composers. There's a short bio of each composer, and a little background info on each opera, like the date of the premier and maybe the original cast. Unfortunately the table of contents isn't active, but it never is in these free books. The free sample should show you the entire table of contents so you can see which operas are included. This book is the 12th edition, published in 1897, but the author's preface is dated 1885, so that must be why there's no Puccini. This book is a good reference for someone who is new to opera.

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By Leo A. Whelan - April 29, 2013

These are useful short synopses of operas by many composers, but for some reason Puccini wasn't included among the composers.

Better than the Met's synopses!

By a. audio listener - December 19, 2012

These synopses are a delight to read. They contain some editorial opinion but you will probably learn a lot along the way. If you have ever tried and failed to comprehend any of the Met Opera's synopses of their Live in HD series, I guarantee you will have greater success with the ones in this book! The short bios of the composers are also nice to have.

I thought it might be useful to give a list of the composers and operas for which synopses are given. I have attempted to use the titles as they appear in the book (without umlauts and accent marks though). This list also appears at the beginning pages of the book. Sometimes there is a slight difference between the title at the beginning of the book and the title used in the text. The synopses are grouped by composer, and the composers are in alphabetical order by last name. Sometimes the author calls the opera by the original name, sometimes he uses an English translation. I can't find anything about the author but he... read more

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