The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas: 2 Volumes

by John W. Freeman, James Levine, Beverly Sills

For seasoned opera-goers and first-time listeners alike, the definitive collection of opera stories.Now offered as a handsome boxed set, this guide treats opera lovers to 225 absorbing plot summaries. John Freeman has carefully selected the works to represent every opera performed today in the world's great houses, and he succeeds in vividly recounting the often intricate narratives. Whether used as a pre-performance refresher or a bedside companion, this new set of Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, Volumes One and Two, is an essential addition to any opera lover's library.
-- "The first volume broadens our understanding of opera. The second is even more important, since it deals with works that were premiered or rediscovered in the century now coming to a close". -- Placido Domingo

1080 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1996