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A Passion for Opera: Learning to Love It: The Greatest Masters, Their Greatest Music (4th Edition) by Peter Fox Smith Paperback, 706 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 1-57076-280-5 / 1570762805 ISBN-13: 978-1-57076-280-2 / 9781570762802 From the beginnings of opera in Italy over 400 years ago to the present day, the historical and artistic context of the most dramatic of all arts is elucidated in pleasurable, non-technical prose. Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini are featured, but not to the exclusion of a thorough consideration o |