WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS
Subtitle: Opera History As It Ought To Be Taught
Contributors: Anna Russell (Foreword, Illustrator); Dave Donald (Illustrator); Maureen Forrester (Preface)
Edition: Revised and Expanded edition
Publisher: Sound And Vision
Published: October 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780920151341
Subjects: Music; Humor; Opera; Music/Songbooks; Genres & Styles - Opera; History & Criticism - General; Humor / Essays; Opera - Humor; General
First sentence: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE to blame for this whole opera business, look no further than Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), a musician at the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua.