Opera books

Practiced internationally between 1960 and 2000, opera piracy (the illegal practice of recording live operatic performances...  Read More >>

This book offers singers the tools to navigate English and German diction, including drills, word lists, examples,...  Read More >>

This book offers singers the tools to navigate English and German diction, including drills, word lists, examples,...  Read More >>

One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes...  Read More >>

One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes...  Read More >>

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Paul Thom argues that opera is a set of practices framed by the concepts of work, interpretation, performance, and...  Read More >>

This book explores the role of the ubiquitous nurse character found in over one hundred operas and provides insight...  Read More >>

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"CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022 ""When the world comes to an end,"" Viennese writer Karl Kraus lamented...  Read More >>

Through ethnographic work with The Industry’s creators and performers, and examination of the company’s first decade...  Read More >>

Through ethnographic work with The Industry’s creators and performers, and examination of the company’s first decade...  Read More >>

A thoughtfully curated anthology of Spanish songs and arias for voice and piano spanning from the 15th to the 21st...  Read More >>

Exploring his colourful, rich and often dramatic life in London and summers spent in southern Italy among his large...  Read More >>

An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology....  Read More >>

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An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology....  Read More >>

Wagner's Theatre presents the turbulent story of Wagner and his interpreters over the course of the twentieth century....  Read More >>

Maria Callas told through the words of colleagues, beloved, close collaborators and unpublished images. Text in...  Read More >>

This book uses glocalization theory and the methods of historical ethnomusicology to interpret the life and times...  Read More >>

This book explores the tense relationship between opera and tragedy often described as antithetical forms of theatre...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the circumstances of women’s music-making in the diverse environment of Habsburg Central...  Read More >>

The Choice of Odysseus demonstrates how the Odyssey provided Renaissance authors and readers with a poetic ethics...  Read More >>

This book presents Edward W. Said’s insightful and elegant analyses of four major operas—originally delivered as...  Read More >>

Updated edition of the authorized biography of international opera star, based on hundreds of hours of interviews...  Read More >>