{"product_id":"a-season-of-opera-1","title":"A Season of Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003eFather Owen Lee is internationally known for his intermission commentaries featured during the Saturday afternoon broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. \u003ci\u003eA Season of Opera: From Orpheus to Ariadne\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eOrpheus\u003c\/i\u003e of Monteverdi to the forward-looking \u003ci\u003eAriadne\u003c\/i\u003e of Richard Strauss. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Father Lee's famous discussions of Mozart's \u003ci\u003eMagic Flute\u003c\/i\u003e and Beethoven's \u003ci\u003eFidelio\u003c\/i\u003e, Verdi's \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFalstaff\u003c\/i\u003e, Wagner's \u003ci\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e, and Poulenc's \u003ci\u003eDialogues of the Carmelites\u003c\/i\u003e. The concluding chapter, originally published as the lead article in \u003ci\u003eThe Opera Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e's special issue on the end of the twentieth century, is a thought-provoking forecast of opera's future. Recommendations for further reading, CD recordings, and videos are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpera Canada\u003c\/i\u003e has applauded Father Lee's 'extraordinary ability to engage, challenge, and enlighten a vast and diverse audience' and called his learning-worn-lightly commentaries 'a unique mix of spiritual empathy, classical scholarship, and psychological insight.' Opera lovers, or anyone interested in psychology and mythology, humanities and comparative literature, or the art of the essay will welcome this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By M. Owen Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617617207676,"sku":"9781442670471","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442670471.jpg?v=1731031044","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/a-season-of-opera-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}