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The New York Times Essential Library: Opera--a Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Works and the Best Recordings.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
by Anthony Tommasini Times Books, 316pp. $17
Anthony Tommasini, chief classical music critic of The New York Times, offers a few surprises in his user-friendly guide to appreciating opera and building a library of essential opera recordings. Tommasini's top 100--each opera listed with a brief, thoughtful essay and a recommendation for at least one, and very often two, complete recordings--includes a healthy sampling of relatively recent work (Nixon in China, Le Grande Macabre, A Night at the Chinese Opera, The Handmaid's Tale), as well as operas by composers (Handel, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev) whose works have gained new currency in the international repertoire. It's ...
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