An edition of A Season of Opera (1998)
A season of opera
from Orpheus to Ariadne
By M. Owen Lee
Publish Date
1998
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Language
eng
Pages
254
Description:
"Father Owen Lee is internationally known for his intermission commentaries featured during the Saturday afternoon broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. A Season of Opera: From Orpheus to Ariadne gathers together for the first time Father Lee's best broadcast and cassette commentaries, public lectures, and articles on twenty-three works for the musical stage. The essays range from the pioneering Orpheus of Monteverdi to the forward-looking Ariadne of Richard Strauss.". "Opera lovers, or anyone interested in psychology and mythology, humanities and comparative literature, or the art of the essay will welcome this book."--BOOK JACKET.