A Season of Opera
Subtitle: From Orpheus to Ariadne
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: March 20, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780802042965
Subjects: Opera; Performing Arts; Music/Songbooks; Greco-Roman Mythology; Theater - General; OpÃ¢eras; Performing Arts/Dance; OpÃ¢era; Dance - Classical; Genres & Styles - Opera; Music / Opera; Analysis, appreciation; Analyse et appreciation; Analyse et apprâeciation; Operas; Opâera; Opâeras
Description: "Father Owen Lee is internationally known for his intermission commentaries featured during the Saturday afternoon broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. A Season of Opera: From Orpheus to Ariadne gathers together for the first time Father Lee's best broadcast and cassette commentaries, public lectures, and articles on twenty-three works for the musical stage. The essays range from the pioneering Orpheus of Monteverdi to the forward-looking Ariadne of Richard Strauss.".

"Opera lovers, or anyone interested in psychology and mythology, humanities and comparative literature, or the art of the essay will welcome this book."--BOOK JACKET.