| First Intermissions: Commentaries from the Met Revised & Enlar Edition Contributor(s): Lee, M. Owen (Author) |
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ISBN: 087910970X ISBN-13: 9780879109707 Publisher: Limelight OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: For well over twenty years, M. Owen Lee has been offering intermission talks during the Saturday afternoon Texaco Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, which now reach countries on six continents. In this book, Father Lee covers various operas of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini and Richard Strauss, as well as a selection of French operas, including Faust, Carmen and Les Contes d'Hoffman. In all, his repertory contains 23 operatic masterworks, to all of which he brings insight, learning and the most infectious enthusiasm. "One just cannot get enough of [Father Lee's] brilliant, stimulating, thought-provoking insights...I feel there is no one more knowledgeable or qualified in the entire field of opera commentary. No one." - The Opera Quarterly |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Music | Instruction & Study - Appreciation |
| Dewey: 782.101 |
| LCCN: 2002020650 |
| Series: Limelight |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.36" W x 8.08" (0.84 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For well over twenty years, M. Owen Lee has been offering intermission talks during the Saturday afternoon Texaco Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, which now reach countries on six continents. In this book, Father Lee covers various operas of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini and Richard Strauss, as well as a selection of French operas, including Faust, Carmen and Les Contes d'Hoffman. In all, his repertory contains 23 operatic masterworks, to all of which he brings insight, learning and the most infectious enthusiasm. "One just cannot get enough of Father Lee's brilliant, stimulating, thought-provoking insights...I feel there is no one more knowledgeable or qualified in the entire field of opera commentary. No one." - The Opera Quarterly |