English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Among the features of this Guide to La Cenerentola, Philip Gossett throws new light on the remarkable story of the opera's composition (in little over three weeks!), while Colin Graham, ENO producer, argues that it is the most sympathetic of all Rossini's comic masterpieces and Mark Elder, ENO Music Director, shows how Rossini's musical style is exceptionally well suited to this enchanting story.

La Cenerentola (Cinderella): English National Opera Guide 1 (English National Opera Guides)

Arts & Photography

Gioacchino Rossini

Jacopo Ferretti

Music

John Calder/Riverrun Press

The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detail—with many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translation—except where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.

Turandot (English National Opera/The Royal Opera Guide 27)

With Barker's "The Castle" and "Scenes From an Execution."

"The Castle" / "Scenes from an Execution" (Playscript 110)

Barker, Howard

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Rossini is one of the great operatic composers, an innovator within the whole concept of what was appropriate for serious as well as comic opera. Moses is a score which he revised for Paris, ten years after it had been composed for Naples; the result shows the evolution of his dramatic taste over a crucial decade—from the neo-classical sublime to spectacular Romantic grand opera. The Barber has been a consistent favorite with the public and performers since it opened, and Marco Spada analyses how its stylish comedy has been misunderstood. Other essays throw light on the working conditions of the opera industry in Rossini's Italy, on Balzac's delightful novel concerning Moses and on the exceptional challenge of performing this type of music to a high standard.

The Barber of Seville / Moses (English National Opera/The Royal Opera Guide 36)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detail—with many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translation—except where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.

Macbeth (English National Opera Guides, 41) (English and Italian Edition)

giuseppe-verdi

Giorgio Melchiori

Harold Powers

Michael R. Booth

August Wilhelm Schlegel

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