Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/349046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera Author: Vivien Schweitzer Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 18, 2018 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1607, generally considered the first successful opera, through classics like Carmen and La Boheme, and spanning to Brokeback Mountain and The Death of Klinghoffer in recent years. Musician and critic Vivien Schweitzer acquaints readers with the genre's most important composers and some of its most influential performers, recounts its long-standing debates, and explains its essential terminology. Today, opera is everywhere, from the historic houses of major opera companies to movie theaters and public parks to offbeat performance spaces and our earbuds. A Mad Love is an essential book for anyone who wants to appreciate this living, evolving art form in all its richness.