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Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera by

srm's review

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informative slow-paced

4.25

There's a lot of this I already knew, but it was still incredibly enjoyable, and would be a great choice for someone really just beginning. 

sexyautodidact's review against another edition

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adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

nick_lehotsky's review against another edition

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2.0

Ambitious, disorganized, but rewarding in some meta-leitmotifs (Plotkin’s self-referential humour on his choosing operas that feature storms) and almost two dozen recommendations on operas and their recordings. No longer relevant in its synopses or interpretations, but worth a quick scan.
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