0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera

Buy Now

Stranded Stories from the Operas - A Humorous Synopsis of the Great Operas. (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,165
Discovery Miles 11 650
Stranded Stories from the Operas - A Humorous Synopsis of the Great Operas. (Hardcover): Gerry Zwirn

Stranded Stories from the Operas - A Humorous Synopsis of the Great Operas. (Hardcover)

Gerry Zwirn

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,165 Discovery Miles 11 650 | Repayment Terms: R109 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

A Humorous Synopsis of the Great Operas. Stranded Stories from the Operas is aimed at the serious opera lover who, in addition to possessing a good knowledge of the subject, has a sense of humour. No author, until now, has dared challenge the esoteric world of opera by relating these stories in a humorous way: opera is far too serious a subject to be made fun of Times have changed. In this collection you will find the plots of both The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro told by Figaro himself in his own inimitable style; Samson and Dalilah and Salome retold in appropriate biblical prose; Shakespearian opera is represented by Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet while Wagner lovers, after reading Die Meistersinger, Tristan and Isolde and Parsifal, may want to check their Kobbe. What really happened at the Polka saloon that night is told by Nick the barman in Minnie get your gun while Turandot's baffling riddles have been updated to reflect the advances made in education since those ancient times. Finally, if the reader gets as much pleasure from these stories as the author had in writing them and the illustrator in designing them then the time and trouble spent were well worth the effort.

General

Imprint: Travis And Emery Music Bookshop
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2010
First published: December 2010
Authors: Gerry Zwirn
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 978-1-84955-094-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
Promotions
LSN: 1-84955-094-8
Barcode: 9781849550949

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

A Guide to the Opera - Description…
Esther Singleton Paperback R648 Discovery Miles 6 480
bundle available
Memoirs of the Opera in Italy, France…
George Hogarth Paperback R614 Discovery Miles 6 140
bundle available
Khovanchtchina - (The Khovanskys) a…
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Paperback R363 Discovery Miles 3 630
bundle available
Memoirs of the Opera in Italy, France…
George Hogarth Paperback R613 Discovery Miles 6 130
bundle available
The Carib Chief - a Tragedy in Five Acts
Horace Twiss Paperback R406 Discovery Miles 4 060
bundle available
The Standard Operaglass - Detailed Plots…
Charles Annesley Paperback R805 Discovery Miles 8 050
bundle available
The Story of Bayreuth as Told in the…
Richard Wagner Paperback R613 Discovery Miles 6 130
Opera - The Definitive Illustrated Story
Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer Hardcover R1,538 R1,330 Discovery Miles 13 300
Scottish Opera's Golden Years - The…
John Duffus Hardcover R967 Discovery Miles 9 670
Aida - An Opera, in Four Acts
Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni Hardcover R746 Discovery Miles 7 460
Tristan Und Isolde - (tristan And…
Richard Wagner Hardcover R825 Discovery Miles 8 250
Avidly Reads Opera
Alison Kinney Hardcover R2,680 Discovery Miles 26 800

See more

Partners