BookPage Nonfiction Review: Opera: A Crash Course

Opera:
A Crash Course
By Stephen Pettitt
Watson-Guptill, $14.95
ISBN 0823009750

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If you think Cosi fan Tutte is the name of an exotic fruit or if you've shouted "woo-hoo!" in response to a moving aria, then you need Opera: A Crash Course -- an undaunting introduction for the nascent opera fan.