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The History of Opera
- By: Richard Fawkes
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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Opera, said Moliére, is the most expensive noise known to man. From its beginnings in the 16th Century, through to today when there are as many musical styles as there are composers....
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somewhat disappointing
- By Walter on 02-01-04
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1. The History of Opera
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-26-99
- Language: English
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Wagnerism
- Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
- By: Alex Ross
- Narrated by: Alex Ross
- Length: 28 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Alex Ross reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics - an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence....
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Not Just for Wagner Experts!
- By Rupert Pupkin on 09-26-20
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Seeing Through
- A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera
- By: Ricky Ian Gordon
- Narrated by: Ricky Ian Gordon
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
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The true confessions of a working opera composer: an exhilarating story of "a life that comes out of chaos".
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Wow.
- By John G. on 11-03-24
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3. Seeing Through
- A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera
- Narrated by: Ricky Ian Gordon
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 07-23-24
- Language: English
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Opera 101
- A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera
- By: Fred Plotkin
- Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
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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....
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A tedious introduction
- By Ravi on 08-30-05
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4. Opera 101
- A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera
- Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-08-04
- Language: English
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The Birth of an Opera
- Fifteen Masterpieces from Poppea to Wozzeck
- By: Michael Rose
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
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The Birth of an Opera offers illuminating insight into how operas are written and the personalities, incidents, and musical circumstances that have shaped their composition....
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5. The Birth of an Opera
- Fifteen Masterpieces from Poppea to Wozzeck
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 04-30-13
- Language: English
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Sing for Your Life
- A Story of Race, Music, and Family
- By: Daniel Bergner
- Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Sing for Your Life chronicles Ryan Speedo Green's suspenseful, racially charged and artistically intricate journey from solitary confinement to stardom....
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Wonderful story of hope
- By Tina on 10-14-23
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6. Sing for Your Life
- A Story of Race, Music, and Family
- Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 09-27-16
- Language: English
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Wagner's Ring Motifs
- By: Sven Friedrich, Dr. Gerhard K. Englert
- Narrated by: Sir John Tomlinson
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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"Wagner's Ring Motifs" is aimed in the first instance at listeners new to the Ring and is intended to convey the fascination of Wagner's music...
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fun and entertaining
- By P. T. Morgeson on 12-15-19
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7. Wagner's Ring Motifs
- Narrated by: Sir John Tomlinson
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-29-09
- Language: English
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A New Philosophy of Opera
- By: Yuval Sharon
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Opera’s “disrupter-in-residence” director Yuval Sharon has crafted a radical and refreshing book that can act as an introduction to the art form for the culturally curious, or as a manifesto for his fellow artists.
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8. A New Philosophy of Opera
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-17-24
- Language: English
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Pavarotti
- My World
- By: Luciano Pavarotti, William Wright
- Narrated by: David Dukes
- Length: 3 hrs
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In the world of opera, no figure in our time loomed larger than the late Luciano Pavarotti....
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Incomplete
- By CW on 04-13-20
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9. Pavarotti
- My World
- Narrated by: David Dukes
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 05-20-09
- Language: English
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Puccini: Madame Butterfly
- By: Thomson Smillie
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Madama Butterfly runs the gamut of operatic emotions....
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Excellent introduction to a classic opera
- By Jason Monaghan on 08-06-18
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10. Puccini: Madame Butterfly
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-26-12
- Language: English
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A Mad Love
- An Introduction to Opera
- By: Vivien Schweitzer
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Today, opera is everywhere, from the historic houses of major opera companies to movie theaters and public parks to offbeat performance spaces and our earbuds. A Mad Love is an essential audiobook for anyone who wants to appreciate this living, evolving art form....
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Great content, great narration, but...
- By Jane9462 on 08-28-19
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11. A Mad Love
- An Introduction to Opera
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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Who’s Afraid of Opera?
- A Highly Opinionated, Informative, and Entertaining Guide to Appreciating Opera
- By: Michael Walsh
- Narrated by: Michael Walsh
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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From opera’s origins in Renaissance Italy to the Who’s rock odyssey “Tommy”, and Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods”, Walsh explores what opera is and what it’s not, what makes a great singer, and why it takes Tristan so long to die....
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12. Who’s Afraid of Opera?
- A Highly Opinionated, Informative, and Entertaining Guide to Appreciating Opera
- Narrated by: Michael Walsh
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-31-19
- Language: English
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Opera
- The Definitive Story
- By: Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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Immerse yourself in more than 400 years of the world's most celebrated operas and discover the fascinating stories behind them. Explore the lives of singers such as Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jonas Kaufmann.
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13. Opera
- The Definitive Story
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 08-16-22
- Language: English
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La Traviata
- By: Thomson Smillie
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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La Traviata owes its enduring popularity to a superb story of young love and fatal sacrifice, set to music by Italy’s master melodist at the peak of his powers....
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Superb Synopsis
- By opera4steph on 02-04-21
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14. La Traviata
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-26-12
- Language: English
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Mozart: Così Fan Tutte
- By: Thomson Smillie
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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Così Fan Tutte contains some of Mozart’s most sublime music....
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especially fun before a performance
- By EmilyK on 03-11-18
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15. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 10-26-12
- Language: English
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The Great Minds Collection - George Bernard Shaw and Richard Wagner
- The Perfect Wagnerite - A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring with Wagner's Art and Revolution
- By: George Bernard Shaw, Richard Wagner
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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This unique book brings together George Bernard Shaw's witty and iconoclastic take on Wagner's masterwork, The Ring of the Nibelungen, with the composer's own essay....
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Should have two readers
- By Timoteo on 02-02-20
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16. The Great Minds Collection - George Bernard Shaw and Richard Wagner
- The Perfect Wagnerite - A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring with Wagner's Art and Revolution
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-23-16
- Language: English
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The Pirates of Penzance
- The Audiobook
- By: W.S. Gilbert
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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Frederick is freed of his indentures to the ferociously temperate Pirates of Penzance. What will he do with his newfound freedom?
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Great
- By Horse Lover on 03-31-23
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17. The Pirates of Penzance
- The Audiobook
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-13-23
- Language: English
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The King and I
- The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary
- By: Anne Midgette, Herbert Breslin
- Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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This is the story of the 36-year-old business relationship between Luciano Pavarotti and his manager, Herbert Breslin, during which Breslin guided what he calls, justifiably, “the greatest career in classical music”....
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Interesting, but could have been so much better
- By Karla on 12-19-19
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18. The King and I
- The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary
- Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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How to Get High
- The Key to Escaping Vocal Prison and Making Singing High Notes Easy Again
- By: Joshua Dennis
- Narrated by: Joshua Dennis
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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In How to Get High: The Key to Escaping Vocal Prison and Making Singing High Notes Easy Again, Joshua Dennis goes through his tried and true method of vocal production that he learned from Master Teacher W. Stephen Smith....
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19. How to Get High
- The Key to Escaping Vocal Prison and Making Singing High Notes Easy Again
- Narrated by: Joshua Dennis
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 03-10-21
- Language: English
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An Invitation to the Opera
- By: John Louis DiGaetani
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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This invaluable primer will introduce the uninitiated to the mysteries of opera and help more experienced fans...
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20. An Invitation to the Opera
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-15-99
- Language: English
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