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Opera for Everybody: The Story of English National Opera by Susie Gilbert is a lively and authoritative history of England's oldest continuously performing arts company, the English National Opera.

About the Author

Susie Gilbert has worked for many years as an archival researcher and editor on numerous books of twentieth century history, including the official biography of Winston Churchill. Her previous book, A Tale of Four Houses, published in 2003, traced the history of Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera since 1945.