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Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry Writing As the next to the220 page paperback 5" x 8" ISBN 9781589881969 Publication Date: 12 3 2024 A unique book about operapersonal, impassioned, and provocative. Weep, Shudder, Die explores opera from the perspective by which the art was originally created, as the most intense form of poetic drama. The great operas have an essential connection to poetry, song, and the primal power of the human voice. The aim of opera is irrational enchantment, the unleashing of emotions and