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The staging of opera has become immensely controversial over the last twenty years. Tom Sutcliffe here offers an engaging and far-reaching book about opera performance and interpretation. This work is a unique tribute to the most distinctive and adventurous achievements in the theatrical interpretation of opera as it has developed in recent decades

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One comes away more fully understanding what lies behind the work of the people he has chosen... Believing in Opera is an impressive achievement, reflecting great credit on one of the finest music critics in the business. --Patrick Smith, Opera News This book is an eloquent, persuasive celebration of the exciting achievements of contemporary opera production and design. --Anthony Arblaster, Opera An engrossing. maddening, important book, which should be required reading for operagoers of every stripe. --Max Loppert, Opera Clearly a laudable, novel and timely enterprise, the fruit of which adds significantly to our knowledge. --Christopher Wintle, Times Literary Supplement For the eager, curious opera lover, this is a valuable account of the recent past, a map of territory conquered, which will serve as a guide to future pleasures. --Sir Jeremy Isaacs, The Guardian Sutcliffe's book is hugely worthwhile... a feast of material craving assent and disputation. It will be read with recognition and pleasure by anyone wanting to test their own impressions against those of an impassioned advocated of the shock of the new. --Patrick Carnegy, The Spectator Anyone seriously interested in the future of opera, whether they are in Mr. Sutcliffe's camp or not, should read this book. --Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph This specialized, sturdily bound, thoroughly indexed book will arouse the interest of general and professional opera lovers. --Choice Believing in Opera is an impressive achievement, reflecting great credit on one of the finest music critics in the business. --Opera News

"""One comes away more fully understanding what lies behind the work of the people he has chosen... Believing in Opera is an impressive achievement, reflecting great credit on one of the finest music critics in the business.""--Patrick Smith, Opera News ""This book is an eloquent, persuasive celebration of the exciting achievements of contemporary opera production and design.""--Anthony Arblaster, Opera ""An engrossing. maddening, important book, which should be required reading for operagoers of every stripe.""--Max Loppert, Opera ""Clearly a laudable, novel and timely enterprise, the fruit of which adds significantly to our knowledge.""--Christopher Wintle, Times Literary Supplement ""For the eager, curious opera lover, this is a valuable account of the recent past, a map of territory conquered, which will serve as a guide to future pleasures.""--Sir Jeremy Isaacs, The Guardian ""Sutcliffe's book is hugely worthwhile... a feast of material craving assent and disputation. It will be read with recognition and pleasure by anyone wanting to test their own impressions against those of an impassioned advocated of the shock of the new.""--Patrick Carnegy, The Spectator ""Anyone seriously interested in the future of opera, whether they are in Mr. Sutcliffe's camp or not, should read this book.""--Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph ""This specialized, sturdily bound, thoroughly indexed book will arouse the interest of general and professional opera lovers.""--Choice ""Believing in Opera is an impressive achievement, reflecting great credit on one of the finest music critics in the business.""--Opera News"

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