What was it like to be in the audience on the opening night of Mozart’s Don Giovanni or Wagner’s Das Rheingold? This fascinating book transports readers back to the excitement, anticipation and drama of five landmark opera premieres, offering a unique glimpse behind the scenes of some of the most influential works in operatic history.
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A captivating behind-the-scenes journey into the premieres of five extraordinary operas.
- Includes Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (London, 1724), Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Prague, 1787), Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Paris, 1836), Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner (Bayreuth, 1876) and Otello by Giuseppe Verdi (Milan, 1887)
- Thomas Forrest Kelly is the Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music at Harvard University and an acclaimed historian of music, renowned for bringing the stories behind great musical works vividly to life.
- Paperback size 17.2 x 2.5 x 24.8 cm with 464 pages
