Opera books

""" L'art musical et l'Italie ont fait, il y a trois mois, une perte douloureuse: Donizetti est mort à Bergame....  Read More >>

"Gordon Jephtas (1943-92) was born into an impoverished, coloured, single-parent family in South Africa. He began...  Read More >>

Award-winning singer Ian Bostridge examines iconic works of Western classical music to reflect on the relationship...  Read More >>

The first feminist analysis of some of the most performed works in the American-opera canon, emphasizing the voices...  Read More >>

This book responds to recent debates on cultural participation and the relevancy of music composed today with the...  Read More >>

"Jeune pousse du monde lyrique l'opera jeune public occupe une place grandissante dans la programmation des maisons...  Read More >>

Emphasizing the conflicted transcultural encounter portrayed in Madama Butterfly, this book examines nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

"A curated collection of Enlightenment operas, paintings, and literary works that were all marked by the ""Telemacomania""...  Read More >>

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This Element focuses on opera as a product that both challenged and was challenged in the Andes by other forms of...  Read More >>

"Der Dramatiker und Prosaiker Karl Maria Klob (1873 - 1932) interessierte sich sehr für Musikgeschichte und schrieb...  Read More >>

Includes Biblical Operas, Bible Stories in Opera and Oratorio, Rubenstein, Samson and Dalila, and many more....  Read More >>

This Companion offers an in-depth introduction to the early history of opera by focusing on its foundational century....  Read More >>

This Companion offers an in-depth introduction to the early history of opera by focusing on its foundational century....  Read More >>

The Musical Language of Italian Opera, 1813-1859 examines operatic music by five Italian composers--Rossini, Bellini,...  Read More >>

This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi (‘pear garden theatre’),...  Read More >>

Texts from Messenger of God, by Elie Wiesel, and other sources.  Read More >>

The Beginner’s Guide to Opera Stage Management is the first book to cover theatrical stage management practices...  Read More >>

The Beginner’s Guide to Opera Stage Management is the first book to cover theatrical stage management practices...  Read More >>

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Dorothea Link examines singers’ voices and casting practices in late eighteenth-century Italian opera as exemplified...  Read More >>

Studio relativo alle conseguenze giuscivilistiche del danno biologico colposo (da imperizia) che il vocal trainer...  Read More >>

"Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century Britain addresses operatic ""experiences"" outside...  Read More >>

"How did ""voice"" become a metaphor for selfhood in the Western imagination? The Lyric Myth of Voice situates the...  Read More >>