Opera books

Rescued from its status as a marginal genre, the libretto reveals its aesthetic qualities and far-reaching importance...  Read More >>

This volume collects twenty of Lawrence Kramer’s seminal writings--some significantly revised for republication--on...  Read More >>

Giroud and Kaye tell the full story of The Tales of Hoffman for the first time. After discussing the work's influences...  Read More >>

This is a study of the genre of ""artist-opera"", in which the work's central character is an artist who is uncomfortable...  Read More >>

Reprinted from authoritative sources, this collection features Ave Maria, Op. 12; Funeral Hymn, Op. 13; Songs for...  Read More >>

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The Lyrical Drama - Essays on subjects, composers, & executants of modern opera. Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality...  Read More >>

Inspired by the darkly surreal world of Franz Kafka, Francisco Coll's first chamber opera, Caf Kafka, is an explosive...  Read More >>

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Is this a hard-boiled detective tale disguised as a lounge act - or the other way around?  Read More >>

Cadmus et Hermione, tragédie représentée devant S. M., à Saint Germain-en-Laye, le [5e] jour d'[aoust] 1678 Date...  Read More >>

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Der Fliegende Hollaender By Richard Wagner  Read More >>

The Peachums, employers of a company of pickpockets, shoplifters, and thieves, raised their daughter Polly for finer...  Read More >>

An enchanting account of the great and controversial composer Richard Wagner, by an artist immersed in his music....  Read More >>

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A Book of Operas from Henry Edward Krehbiel. American music critic and musicologist (1854-1923).  Read More >>

Carmen est devenu un concept aussi bien pour des chanteurs du Bolchoï de Moscou, une association d'amateurs à New-York...  Read More >>

Die Fledermaus - Operette in drei Akten ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem...  Read More >>

Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and co-principal...  Read More >>

An investigation of transatlantic cultural interchanges and the evolution of Anglo-American taste in a multicultural...  Read More >>

Speculative Masonry was pervasive in eighteenth century society, when Mozart (a Freemason) composed The Magic Flute....  Read More >>

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