Even though Opera: Passion, Power and Politics, the work of more than two dozen contributing authors, does not present this story as a cohesive narrative, it still offers a vivid sense of how opera, over the past four centuries, has survived amid perpetual financial stress and cultural upheaval. Based on a recent exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, presented in collaboration with the Royal Opera House, the book gathers essays, testimonies and many lavish illustrations to let readers construct their own sense of how the art form has weathered history. Opera News ukryj opis