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Opera Obscura : A Wholly Improbable Selection of Impossible Opera, Paperback / softback Book

Opera Obscura : A Wholly Improbable Selection of Impossible Opera Paperback / softback

Illustrated by Peter Kent

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Many musical and theatrical traditions walk the very narrow path between the sublime and the ridiculous, but perhaps none more so than opera, which, while maintaining an elegant reputation, makes a show out of princes making romantic speeches to soft fruit, noses being accidentally cut off and woodpeckers performing wedding ceremonies.

Opera Obscura is a beautifully illustrated collection that contributes twenty-five brand new impossibly madcap operas to the canon of magnificent absurdities, along with the intricate blueprints for several incredible opera houses and information on of a whole range of almost unbelievably incredible instruments.

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