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GETTING OPERA (FOR REAL) by Ruggero T. Ricordi Many people will tell you they like opera without going into specifics. Apart from the few thousand opera buffs who never miss a performance, there mighty be millions of potential fans whose love of opera falls victim to the marketing strategies the music industry currently employs. Folks with only a smattering of opera knowledge get burned by attending inadequate performances and/or inferior operas, or buying recordings that make them erroneously conclude that, even though some opera may sound beautiful (etc.), it is generally not for them. Others get turned off when, thanks to opera’s powers-that-be self-defeating efforts, they reluctantly assume that in order to really appreciate opera, one has to spend years studying and researching it. All those fears and unfortunate assumptions are swept away by “Getting Opera,” an audio course that teaches you to love and understand opera, all of it, in less than three hours. Amazingly, during that brief time interval, the author of this highly entertaining half-course, half-show, touches upon the entire history of opera; goes extensively into each of its three major periods; explains (in a humorous manner) what you, the listener, should look for in a performance, in great detail; illustrates his points with excerpts from various operas, pictures, and lyrics in the brochure that comes with the package. By the time you’re through with the course, you realize you know it all. You know exactly which shows to attend (and/or bring your date to); which recordings to purchase; which performances to avoid; and how to hold your own in a conversation about opera with anyone, including certified experts. You may access the product page by following this link: Getting Opera (for real)