The operagoer's guide - M. Owen Lee

In this volume
Father M. Owen Lee writes for the 21st-century operagoer
briskly and stylishly telling the stories of 100 of the world's greatest music dramas
from Ada to Die Zauberflte. The stories told in music by Mozart
Wagner
Verdi
Puccini and Strauss are brought to life here with wit
insight and boundless enthusiasm. When compiling and composing this pocket-sized handbook
Fr. Lee considered the unique needs of the modern operagoer. Contemporary text-translating services have made pure synopses somewhat redundant. Fr. Lee
therefore
has focused his commentaries less on the comings and goings of plot than on subtext
motivation and background information. He also suggests his single favorite recording for each of the 100 operas discussed. In all
he has written a guide that will prove invaluable to the opera novice and useful even for the aficionado.