Opera Odyssey Book
A limited edition publication
available in English, German, Russian, French, Arabic, and Mandarin editions
Everyone, from those only starting their exploration of opera, to the veritable connoisseur, will treasure this limited edition book, which features the lives of 100 composers and a selection of their operatic works.
Technical specification:
The Opera Odyssey book is an elegant, hardback, large format production (37cm x 29cm) weighing some 4kg. The 512-page book is printed on 130g silk coated paper, thread sewn, and with Brillianta (Van Heek) cloth drawn onto 3000 micron board for the cover, which has the title debossed on the front and spine. Publication is limited to 1000 numbered copies in a language edition.
EXCLUSIVE EDITION FOR FOUNDING PATRONS
Quarter bound in fine Moroccan leather, with gilt-edged pages and presented in a handmade clamshell box, only 100 copies are being produced for the book’s Founding Patrons.
Music Consultant & Editor
Maestro Gianmaria Griglio
Design
Biljana Nedelkovska
Photography
Gerard Patrick
Artists
Alexander Novoseltsev
Head of translation
Mehdi Adlany
Printing
Gutenberg Press, Malta
Founding Patrons
Although inextricably linked to the Opera Odyssey TV/DVD series, the Founding Patrons’ Exclusive Edition of only 100 copies, is actually part of the exclusive gift market as distinct from the publishing sector.
Our Founding Patrons are supporters of the arts in general but with a particular interest in opera and classical music. They graciously and generously support the book’s production through its advance purchase. In return they receive the Exclusive Edition quarter bound in fine Moroccan leather contained within a handmade clamshell presentation box. Their names will also be featured on the Founding Patrons’ page within the book as well as on the book’s dedicated website being launched later in January. And they will be our VIP guests at one of our Gala Concerts.
Price of each edition
The regular limited edition book will retail at €240, whereas the Exclusive Edition is €360. Both prices exclude post & packaging which is approximately €22.
The 100 Featured Composers
Aav ♦ Adams ♦ Antasov ♦ Bajić ♦ Barber ♦ Bartok ♦ Beethoven ♦ Bellini ♦ Berg ♦ Berlioz ♦ Bizet ♦ Boito ♦ Borodin ♦ Britten ♦ Bruči ♦ Buys ♦ Caccini ♦ Carrer ♦ Catalani ♦ Cavalli ♦ Cherubini ♦ Cilea ♦ Cimarosa ♦ De Falla ♦ de Sarno-San Giorgio ♦ Debussy ♦ Donizetti ♦ Dvorak ♦ Eggert ♦ Enescu ♦ Gerschwin ♦ Giordano ♦ Glass ♦ Glinka ♦ Gluck ♦ Gotovac ♦ Gounod ♦ Granados ♦ Gretry ♦ Hajibeyov ♦ Handel ♦ Honegger ♦ Humperdinck ♦ Jakova ♦ Janacek ♦ Joplin ♦ Kalniņš ♦ Karnavicius ♦ Keil ♦ Leoncavallo ♦ Ligeti ♦ Lully ♦ Madetoja ♦ Makedonski
Mascagni ♦ Massenet ♦ Menotti ♦ Meyerbeer ♦ Moniuszko ♦ Monteverdi ♦ Moruzi ♦ Mozart ♦ Mussorgsky ♦ Nielsen ♦ O’Dwyer ♦ Paliashvili ♦ Penderecki ♦ Peri ♦ Pijper ♦ Ponchielli ♦ Poulenc ♦ Prokofiev ♦ Puccini ♦ Purcell ♦ Rameau ♦ Rangström ♦ Ravel ♦ Respighi ♦ Rimsky-Korsakov ♦ Rossini ♦ Saint-Saëns ♦ Samaras ♦ Scarlatti ♦ Schjelderup ♦ Schoenberg ♦ Schreker ♦ Shostakovich ♦ Smetana ♦ Spendiaryan ♦ Spontini ♦ Strauss, Richard ♦ Stravinsky ♦ Szymanowski ♦ Tchaikovsky ♦ Verdi ♦ von Weber ♦ von Zemlinsky ♦ Wagner ♦ Wallace ♦ Wolf-Ferrari
Become a Founding Patron
Our Founding Patrons provide invaluable operational support in the production of the Opera Odyssey book. They allow us to obtain the time critical reproduction rights and permissions for images not in the public domain. Their generous support through advance purchase is acknowledged by their inclusion on the Founding Patron’s page inside the book and on its dedicated website; their presence at one of our Gala Concerts as our VIP guests; and of course as recipients of one of the 100 Exclusive Edition copies of the Opera Odyssey book.
Opera Odyssey is wholly owned by
Baikal Developments Ltd.
Registered in Ireland
No. 623069
The Opera Odyssey book is published by
Baikal Publishing
part of Baikal Developments
Printed in Malta by
Gutenberg Press Ltd.
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