Avidly Reads Opera Kinney Hardback John Wiley & Sons 9781479811724

Avidly Reads OperaAuthor(s): Alison Kinney\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479811724, 978-1479811724\nSynopsis\n\""Opera is community, comfort, art, voice, breath, life. It's hope.\""\n All art exists to make life more bearable. For Alison Kinney, it was the wild, fantastical world of opera that transformed her listening and her life. Whether we're listening for the first time or revisiting the arias that first stole our hearts, Avidly Reads Opera welcomes readers and listeners to a community full of friendship, passion, critiqueand, always, beautiful music. \n In times of delirious, madcap fun and political turmoil, opera fans have expressed their passion by dispatching records into the cosmos, building fairy-tale castles, and singing together through the arduous work of social activism. Avidly Reads Opera is a love letter to the music and those who love it, complete with playlists, a crowdsourced.