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Aida

Aida

English National Opera Guide 2

English National Opera Guides

MUSIC

100 Pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Trade Paper, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $21.95)

Publication Date: January 1980

ISBN 9780714537702

Rights: US

Oneworld Classics (Jan 1980)
The Calder Collection

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Overview

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Aida is, for most of us, the quintessence of Ancient Egypt but it is certainly not just for archaeologists! Michael Rose points out that it is really about patriotism—an issue of burning importance to Verdi and his contemporaries. Music critic William Mann reflects that even a short look at the score reveals subtleties that repay careful listening. And Verdi's own letters show the germs of the opera grow from suggestion to creation.

Reviews

"Brilliantly produced and superb value." —Sunday Times

"All these will provide the new operagoer with food for thought." —Daily Telegraph

"Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series." —Times Literary Supplement

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