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Intermissions

Twenty—One Great Operas

Explored, Explained, and Brought to Life

From the Met

M. OWEN LEE

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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First published in 1995 by Oxford University Press, Inc.,

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First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1996

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lee, M.Owen, 1930–

First intermissions : twenty-one great operas explored,

explained, and brought to life from the Met / M. Owen Lee.

p. cm. Based on the author's intermission commentaries from

Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-19-509255-4

ISBN 0-19-510649-0 (Pbk.)

1. Operas—Analysis, appreciation. I. Title.

MT95.L514 1995 782.1 '015--dc20 . 94-10113

13579 10 8642

Printed in the United States of America

First Intermissions - Twenty-One Great opera.pdf