Theatres & Opera Houses: Masterpieces of Architecture (Masterpieces of Architecture)

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Summary: good general book
Review: It's a good book about operas throughout the world. In my opinion it lacked more photograph's regarding each individual reference to an opera.

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Summary: Nice overview
Review: This slim volume offers a nice overview of theaters from The Globe through New York's Lincoln Center. Good photographs, and interesting anecdotes and historical information. Not too deep or involving, but it offers some nice light reading for the theater and opera lover.

I bought this for a friend who likes opera and architecture. Would have liked even more information on modern, American theaters, but I'm pleased with the book.

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Summary: Where's the proofreader?
Review: This volume gives a good overview of the development of physical theater in the western culture. Some color photographs are included of seldom seen theater buildings such as Wagner's Beyreuth Festspielhaus. What is particularly annoying with the book, though, is the frequency of careless mistakes and misinformation. The famous Gutherie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is inexplicably said to be located in Minneapolis, Wisconsin. An obvious late Roman modification of the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens is attributed to the Classical era in Athens.If the reader can get through these and other mistakes, this book will at least provide some extraordinary photographs.