{"product_id":"a-history-of-opera-paperback","title":"A History of Opera - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Abbate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoger Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their \"effervescent, witty\" (\u003cem\u003eDie Welt\u003c\/em\u003e, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates, and its role in society. Now with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this \"lucid and sweeping\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e) narrative explores the tensions that have sustained opera over four hundred years: between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre's most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to change the viewer-- physically, emotionally, intellectually--with its enduring power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755722113312,"sku":"9780393348958","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6990a0c687b32420f08b9a95451effc4.webp?v=1780066925","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-history-of-opera-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}