A Song of Love and Death

A Song of Love and Death
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Download or read book A Song of Love and Death written by Peter Conrad and published by . This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Song of Love and Death examines the art of opera with the same creative insight that Susan Sontag's On Photography brought to its medium. It is an eloquent inquiry into the meaning of our boldest art, its expression of human irrationality and its power to disturb and excite us.


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