{"id":33338,"date":"2026-05-11T11:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audiobb.com\/?p=33338"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:39:11","slug":"opera-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audiobb.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/opera-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you&#8217;ve decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you.<\/p>\n<p><i>Opera 101<\/i>\u00a0is recognized as the standard text in English for anyone who wants to become an opera lover. It is a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook for learning how to listen to opera, whether on the radio, on recordings, or live at the opera house. Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher about opera, who for many years was performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces listeners, whatever their level of musical knowledge, to all the elements that make up opera.<\/p>\n<p>The major part of\u00a0<i>Opera 101<\/i>\u00a0is devoted to an almost minute-by-minute analysis of 11 key operas, ranging from Verdi&#8217;s thunderous masterpiece\u00a0<i>Rigoletto<\/i>\u00a0and Puccini&#8217;s electrifying\u00a0<i>Tosca<\/i>\u00a0to works by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, and to the psychological complexities of Richard Strauss&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Elektra<\/i>. 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