Opera books

Diligently transcribed and annotated by Michael Burden, Anton Reiff's diary presents an extraordinarily rare view...  Read More >>

This volume covers aspects of opera translation within the Western world and in Asia, as well as some of opera's...  Read More >>

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Come cantavano i primi bassi rossiniani, ai tempi del compositore? E come affrontano Rossini, gli interpreti contemporanei?...  Read More >>

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An easily-readable summary of the plot of the epic four-cycle Richard Wagner Opera, collectively known as the Ring...  Read More >>

’An absolutely masterly work’ Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international...  Read More >>

Wilde offers his own telling of the Bible's story of Salome, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas who demands John...  Read More >>

7 Deaths of Maria Callas is an opera project created by Marina Abramović premiering at the Bayerische Staatsopera...  Read More >>

Ce volume collectif examine la récente multiplication, sur la scène internationale, de créations artistiques multiformes...  Read More >>

Alceste, ou le Triomphe d'Alcide, tragédie remise au theatre par l'Académie royale de musique, le jeudi 16. jour...  Read More >>

Premier recueil de textes et de poèmes dédié au chanteur lyrique Jonas Kaufmann, cet opus tisse un portrait et des...  Read More >>

""A large-canvas narrative history, charting the impact of the cultural titan Wagner on art and politics. Ross will...  Read More >>

Recomposing the Past is a book concerned with the complex but important ways in which we engage with the past in...  Read More >>

Auch gut 200 Jahre nach Jacques Offenbachs Geburtstag am 20.6.1819 ist die Forschung zu Richard Wagners deutsch-franzosischem...  Read More >>

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This volume brings together ten essays focusing on the diversity of operatic institutions, their protagonists, and...  Read More >>

"A new and groundbreaking approach to the history of grand opera, Grand Illusion: Phantasmagoria in Nineteenth-Century...  Read More >>

Exploring the enduring popularity of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, this collection combines readings of the best-selling...  Read More >>

The study of the business of opera has taken on new importance in the present harsh economic climate for the arts....  Read More >>

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The core of André Ernest Modeste Grétry’s appeal was his mastery of song. His melodies were exported out of the...  Read More >>

This is the first book to take an interdisciplinary approach to the story of the Shanghai Yue Opera, bringing history,...  Read More >>

Discusses operas in the standard repertory from the perspective of a conductor with a lifetime of experience performing...  Read More >>