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The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video

Name: The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video
Author: Paul Gruber
ISBN: 9780393045369

by Paul Gruber

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Overview

In this latest handbook from the Metropolitan Opera, fourteen opera mavens evaluate performances of over 150 of the best-loved operas. The new Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video enables opera lovers to choose widely from the hundreds of available video recordings by reading expert comparative reviews and by following explicit, trustworthy recommendations. Everyone who enjoyed the successful Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera will love this companion volume, published jointly by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and W. W. Norton.

Contributors to this useful collection are Bruce Burroughs, Jon Alan Conrad, Peter G. Davis, Cori Ellison, Shirley Flemming, London Green, David Hamilton, Albert Innaurato, C. J. Luten, Conrad L. Osborne, Bridget Paolucci, Harvey E. Phillips, Harlow Robinson, and Richard Traubner.

About the Author, Paul Gruber

Paul Gruber is the executive director for program development at the Metropolitan Opera Guild in New York.

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Library Journal

This companion volume to The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera (Norton, 1993) consists of newly written reviews of operatic performances released in the United States in VHS or laserdisc format. The reviews are written by experienced opera critics from Opera News, the New York Times, and other outstanding publications. Some 150 operas by 57 composers are covered. Each review includes information on cast, presence of subtitles, background information on the work, a review of each performance, and recommendations. Some reviews are strongly critical, which is understandable given the varying technical and musical qualities described. This newer work includes more citations to performances of individual works than Sharon G. Almquist's Opera Mediagraphy (Greenwood, 1993), which provides only citations to reviews, as do several other older works. This makes the Metropolitan Opera guide a desirable choice for libraries with an interest in video or opera.James E. Ross, Seattle P.L.