French Opera: A Short History
- ISBN-10
- 0300117655
- ISBN-13
- 9780300117653
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- Vincent Giroud
Description
"A brilliant overview of the history of French opera, scrupulously researched and eminently readable. The people, the politics, the scandalsûinformative and entertaining."-Richard Bonynge AO, CBE --
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