| Series |
Opera explained.
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| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 38099 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 1:19:32. |
| Performer |
Narrated by David Timson ; with the music of Strauss. |
| Summary |
This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. Die Fledermaus is one of the few operatic works to which the phrase 'never a dull moment' can be truthfully applied. From the explosive opening of the famous overture - reminiscent of a volley of champagne corks - through the surging energy of the 'Fledermaus Waltz' and the many comic numbers, of which the accelerando trio is the finest, up to such huge concerted numbers as the 'Duidu' finale to Act II, this is an operetta which almost incarnates nostalgia. Thomson Smillie and David Timson infuse their exploration of Die Fledermaus with as much life as the operetta itself. |
| Subject |
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Fledermaus.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation. -- Sound recordings.
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Operas -- Stories, plots, etc. -- Sound recordings.
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Operas -- Excerpts. -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Timson, David.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème. Selections.
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| Added Title |
Strauss |
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Fledermaus |
| ISBN |
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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