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This new edition presents a major expansion over the original work. An informative brief history of German opera opens the work, and with the operatic titles and indexes, presents a specialist's overview and synthesis not found elsewhere. -- Elizabeth A. Davis, head, Music & Arts Library, Columbia University

This new edition presents a major expansion over the original work. An informative brief history of German opera opens the work, and with the operatic titles and indexes, presents a specialist's overview and synthesis not found elsewhere.--Elizabeth A. Davis, head, Music & Arts Library, Columbia University The revised edition of Operas in German provides unsurpassed coverage of German-language stage works. With more than 2,900 new entries supplemented by detailed appendices and an index of characters, Griffel's book is the most self-contained reference tool for operas composed to a German-language text. It is an essential resource for all library collections.--Jane Gottlieb, vice president, Library and Information Resources, The Juilliard School In a world where one can find virtually anything about opera online, the need for accurate, factual and artfully-crafted reference works in print will become more important than ever. Margaret Ross Griffel's Operas in German fulfills that need, and in a masterful way.--Fred Fehleisen, professor, The Juilliard School

Griffel has prepared a valuable guide to German opera that can be used profitably by both scholars and amateur devotees of opera. The main body of the dictionary provides a discussion of about 380 operas composed to a German text. The alphabetically organized entries include information on German premieres, as well as first performances in Britain and the US, brief plot summaries, listings of major roles, and occasional historical and analytical remarks. References to published scores and sound recordings and bibliographic citations are especially helpful. Griffel also provides a bonus by including six appendixes. The first contains basic commentary on about 1,250 operas not covered in the main section because of space limitations or dearth of information. The second and third are alphabetical listings of composers and librettists. The fourth lists authors whose works inspired or were adapted for German opera librettos, and the fifth contains sources used by the librettists. The final appendix is a chronology of German opera from 1627 to the present. A detailed general bibliography and indexes of characters and participants in premieres complete the work. Operas in German will, no doubt, serve as one of the major reference sources for any type of research on German opera. Highly recommended for both academic and large public libraries. -Choice ?Griffel has prepared a valuable guide to German opera that can be used profitably by both scholars and amateur devotees of opera. The main body of the dictionary provides a discussion of about 380 operas composed to a German text. The alphabetically organized entries include information on German premieres, as well as first performances in Britain and the US, brief plot summaries, listings of major roles, and occasional historical and analytical remarks. References to published scores and sound recordings and bibliographic citations are especially helpful. Griffel also provides a bonus by including six appendixes. The first contains basic commentary on about 1,250 operas not covered in the main section because of space limitations or dearth of information. The second and third are alphabetical listings of composers and librettists. The fourth lists authors whose works inspired or were adapted for German opera librettos, and the fifth contains sources used by the librettists. The final appendix is a chronology of German opera from 1627 to the present. A detailed general bibliography and indexes of characters and participants in premieres complete the work. Operas in German will, no doubt, serve as one of the major reference sources for any type of research on German opera. Highly recommended for both academic and large public libraries.?-Choice This new edition presents a major expansion over the original work. An informative brief history of German opera opens the work, and with the operatic titles and indexes, presents a specialist's overview and synthesis not found elsewhere.--Elizabeth A. Davis, head, Music & Arts Library, Columbia University The revised edition of Operas in German provides unsurpassed coverage of German-language stage works. With more than 2,900 new entries supplemented by detailed appendices and an index of characters, Griffel's book is the most self-contained reference tool for operas composed to a German-language text. It is an essential resource for all library collections.--Jane Gottlieb, vice president, Library and Information Resources, The Juilliard School In a world where one can find virtually anything about opera online, the need for accurate, factual and artfully-crafted reference works in print will become more important than ever. Margaret Ross Griffel's Operas in German fulfills that need, and in a masterful way.--Fred Fehleisen, professor, The Juilliard School

This new edition presents a major expansion over the original work. An informative brief history of German opera opens the work, and with the operatic titles and indexes, presents a specialist's overview and synthesis not found elsewhere. -- Elizabeth A. Davis, head, Music & Arts Library, Columbia University In a world where one can find virtually anything about opera online, the need for accurate, factual and artfully-crafted reference works in print will become more important than ever. Margaret Ross Griffel's Operas in German fulfills that need, and in a masterful way. -- Fred Fehleisen, faculty, Music History, The Juilliard School The revised edition of Operas in German provides unsurpassed coverage of German-language stage works. With more than 2,900 new entries supplemented by detailed appendices and an index of characters, Griffel's book is the most self-contained reference tool for operas composed to a German-language text. It is an essential resource for all library collections. -- Jane Gottlieb, vice president, Library and Information Resources, The Juilliard School

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Margaret Ross Griffel earned a doctorate in historical musicology from Columbia University and is currently the senior editor at Columbia Creative. She is the author of the award-winning revised edition of Operas in English: A Dictionary (2012).

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