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Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.
Sketches of opera composers, opera synopses, and CD reviews.
The series will include both new and recent titles drawn from the whole range of the Press's very substantial publishing programs.
A fascinating interdisciplinary collection of essays on intertextual relationships in popular music
Giochino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary ands secondary sources related to this composer.
This is a comprehensive critical study of the nineteenth-century French grand opéra La Juive, by Halévy.
Why do so many operas end in suicide, murder, and death? Why do many characters in large-scale operas exhibit neurotic behaviors worthy of psychoanalysis? Why are the legendary grands operas - much celebrated in their time - so seldom performed today?