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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quick Reads... Questionable Cost
John W. Freeman's two volume set represents the best "plots only" collection of opera synopses available. All the operas are summarized in sparing, unambiguous language. Some operas are summarized so succinctly that too much mystery remains. Freeman provides helpful biographical material on each composer represented. Describing this collection as a...
Published on November 19, 2004 by Florestan
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Disappointed
The book did not come with a dust cover, but the picture showed it did. The picture was misleading. The book itself is OK, but if I could get the dust cover to match my other editions I would then be satisfied.
Published on November 27, 2009 by Chicken Eddie
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quick Reads... Questionable Cost,
By Florestan "Florestan" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas (Hardcover)
John W. Freeman's two volume set represents the best "plots only" collection of opera synopses available. All the operas are summarized in sparing, unambiguous language. Some operas are summarized so succinctly that too much mystery remains. Freeman provides helpful biographical material on each composer represented.
Describing this collection as a two-volume set is somewhat misleading. It is, in effect, a book and its sequel. Volume 2 was published several years after the first to fill in some holes. For this reason, operas from one composer may be divided disproportionately between both volumes, and neither volume indexes the contents of the other. Consolidating both volumes would enhance navigation and presumably reduce the cost, which is without question the least desirable feature of this competent set.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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By Chicken Eddie "Emiliano Zapata" (LEBANON, PA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas (v. 1) (Hardcover)
The book did not come with a dust cover, but the picture showed it did.
The picture was misleading. The book itself is OK, but if I could get the dust cover to match my other editions I would then be satisfied. |
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The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas by John W. Freeman (Hardcover - Oct. 1997)
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