Opera books

Since the first performance of the first opera in 1600, operas have been telling stories from myth and history....  Read More >>

Explores the political meanings that Italian opera - its composers, agents and institutions - had for audiences...  Read More >>

This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner's wife of 30 years, reveals her as a self-assured woman and artist...  Read More >>

Experience the passion and drama of the world’s greatest operas with this sumptuously illustrated visual guide....  Read More >>

These essays illuminate the changing nature of text-music relationships from the time of Petrarch to Guarini and,...  Read More >>

These essays illuminate the changing nature of text-music relationships from the time of Petrarch to Guarini and,...  Read More >>

""Discusses songs by the troubadours, trouváeres, and Guillaume de Machaut, performed live and on the page, in the...  Read More >>

What is opera cinema -- The history of opera cinema -- What makes it opera cinema -- The Opera Virgins Project --...  Read More >>

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Designed for music scholars, historians, and those interested in music of the 'Classical era', Glatthorn's book...  Read More >>

A sumptuously illustrated history of opera brought to life by stunning photography, following the same format...  Read More >>

Esta obra nos ofrece un recorrido singular del espectáculo operístico desde un punto de vista inédito: el trágico...  Read More >>

This book - one of four written by the author about the development of Western comedy and Victorian music theatre...  Read More >>

Claudio Monteverdi’s Venetian Operas features chapters by a group of scholars and performers of varied backgrounds...  Read More >>

Since the first performance of the first opera in 1600, operas have been telling stories from myth and history....  Read More >>

This element identifies the important role played by Jacques Offenbach's musical stage works in Budapest musico-theatrical...  Read More >>

Explores the history of the benefit performance in eighteenth-century Britain, revealing how benefits helped musicians...  Read More >>

A study of a neglected but crucial part of the history of the West End and Broadway. The stage works presented here...  Read More >>

As never before or since, Richard Wagner's name dominated American music-making at the close of the nineteenth century....  Read More >>

As never before or since, Richard Wagner's name dominated American music-making at the close of the nineteenth century....  Read More >>

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A century ago, Claremont, New Hampshire was a cultural mecca-a destination which drew performers from as far off...  Read More >>

In this widely ranging collection of essays, a group of contemporary psychoanalyst/authors turn their finely-honed...  Read More >>

In this widely ranging collection of essays, a group of contemporary psychoanalyst/authors turn their finely-honed...  Read More >>

In this book, readers will gain a clear understanding of the rise of German opera in the early nineteenth century...  Read More >>