First Nights at the Opera Format:Paperback ISBN-10: 0062890522

ISBN-10: 0062890522

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First Nights at the Opera Format:Paperback ISBN-10: 0062890522A behind the scenes look at the premieres of five extraordinary operas What was it like at the opening night of Mozart's Don Giovanni or Wagner's Das Rheingold? This glittering introduction to the world of opera takes us behind the scenes during premiere performances of five extraordinary operas. "A rare and wonderful cultural history." Philip Kennicott, Washington Post "An absorbing tangle of minutiae about performing circumstances, personalities,