Although Gustav Holst is rarely thought of as an opera composer, his operatic works provide a gateway to the exploration......more
The true confessions of a working opera composer: an exhilarating story of "a life that comes out of chaos." At eight ye......more
In its first years of existence, in the 1930s, the Glyndebourne Opera Festival set out to internationalize English opera......more
Fifteen years since the publication of its first volume, this invaluable guide to some of the most challenging aria exce......more
Fifteen years since the publication of its first volume, this invaluable guide to some of the most challenging aria exce......more
In 1935, the Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad made her United States debut in a live radio broadcast that went across ......more
In 1935, the Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad made her United States debut in a live radio broadcast that went across ......more
The first publication of Le trouvère in full score, and the first of Verdi’s French operas to appear in The Works of Giu......more
Richard Wagner wanted to create miracles with his operas, in much the same way as medieval dramatists wanted to produce ......more
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Examines how stories of biblical families were reconfigured and projected in the genre of the oratorio, a form of sacred......more
A revelatory new account of Black innovation in American opera, showing how composers, performers, and critics redefined......more
Investigates cinematic qualities in opera and reveals why Benjamin Britten’s operas lend themselves to TV and film inter......more
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"Looking at opera from the standpoint of its texts, as only a gifted poet and librettist can do, Dana Gioia examines why......more
The need for a research volume on European theatre music and sound is almost self-evident. Musical and sonic practices h......more
Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellini’s operas on ......more
Vox Eurydice: The Ascent of the Female Rescuer in German-Language Opera is a mythological and depth psychological analys......more
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Beyond Reason relates Wagner’s works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dr......more
How can the early music movement move into the future? Could this be a transformative moment for change and growth? In t......more
How can the early music movement move into the future? Could this be a transformative moment for change and growth? In t......more
In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined......more
In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined......more
This volume covers opera in Italy, France, England and the Americas during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914). The ......more
The articles reprinted in this volume treat operas as opera and from some sort of critical angle; none of the articles u......more
Opera in the first half of the eighteenth century saw the rise of the memorable composer and the memorable work. Recent ......more
This volume offers a cross-section of English-language scholarship on German and Slavonic operatic repertories of the "l......more
The past four decades have seen an explosion in research regarding seventeenth-century opera. In addition to investigati......more
The study of opera in the second half of the eighteenth century has flourished during the last several decades, and our ......more
Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera. Beginning in the 16th c......more
Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera. Beginning in the 16th c......more
The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit details unique perspectives and approaches to support stage managers beginni......more
The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit details unique perspectives and approaches to support stage managers beginni......more
Connects discussions of vocality and operatic culture with broader aesthetic and cultural shifts in society. In the deca......more
Explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature, and partisan politics to show how Italian opera was put to ......more
New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera is the first and only book that approaches the dramaturgy of contemporary opera f......more
Music, the Market, and the Marvellous examines féerie, the French fairy play, in the last third of the nineteenth centur......more
Feminist analysis of some of the most performed works in the American-opera canon, emphasizing the voices and perspectiv......more
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La Traviata is one of Verdi’s most famous operas, centering on the doomed love between the courtesan Violetta Valéry and......more
Known as opera’s "disrupter-in-residence," director Yuval Sharon has never adhered to the art form’s conventions. In his......more
This study overturns twentieth-century thinking about pasticcio opera, redefining it as method not genre, and recontextu......more
At age 25, after six years of intense study, Luciano Pavarotti found himself in utter despair. His voice had just falter......more
By showing how music intersected with wider cultural affairs, such as philosophy and criticism, this book connects music......more
Through a combination of musical-textual analysis with critical theory and with four interconnected studies of the chara......more
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on......more
This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi (’pear garden theatre’), heir a......more
This book offers singers the tools to navigate English and German diction, including drills, word lists, examples, and t......more
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First published in 1920, The Music of Spain deals with historical periods, schools and style and appears to embrace ever......more
This book offers singers the tools to navigate English and German diction, including drills, word lists, examples, and t......more
Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century Britain addresses operatic "experiences" outside the opera......more
One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes Denni......more
One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes Denni......more
Practiced internationally between 1960 and 2000, opera piracy (the illegal practice of recording live operatic performan......more
This book explores the role of the ubiquitous nurse character found in over one hundred operas and provides insight into......more
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022 "When the world comes to an end," Viennese writer Karl Kraus lamented in 1908, "......more
The book 24 Songs and Arias in Spanish presents a thoughtfully curated and diverse collection of songs and arias for voi......more
Opera for Everyone: The Industry’s Experiments with American Opera in the Digital Age draws on seven years of multi-site......more
Opera for Everyone: The Industry’s Experiments with American Opera in the Digital Age draws on seven years of multi-site......more
Substantially revised and expanded edition that sheds new light on Stanford’s career as composer, conductor and teacher,......more
Paul Thom argues that opera is a set of practices framed by the concepts of work, interpretation, performance, and art. ......more
Few composers embodied wider cultural interests than Wagner or had greater cultural consequences. This is the first coll......more
"From the early days of radio broadcast to today’s recorded simulcasts and live online productions, opera houses have em......more
An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technolog......more
This book approaches opera fantasias - instrumental works that use themes from a single opera as the body of their virtu......more
Le coup de foudre (love at first sight) is known as Zeus’s thunderbolt of the first beaconing. Inspired by this knowledg......more
A history of the Aix-en-Provence Festival of opera and music, from its inception in 1948 to 2018. In this new study, the......more
This book uses glocalization theory and the methods of historical ethnomusicology to interpret the life and times of a n......more
This volume focuses on the circumstances of women’s music-making in the diverse environment of Habsburg Central Europe, ......more
Since the nineteenth century, some of the most influential historians have portrayed opera and tragedy as wholly distinc......more
Irene Dalis was an opera star in the 20th century, performing leading roles alongside Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, F......more
Vocal shame is the new prominent area of academic interest that should be on every singer’s radar.Essential, informative......more
Gracchus is a grand opera that tells of an unforgettable human drama set to soaring music. The whole unfolds according t......more
Staging Voice is a unique approach to the aesthetics of voice and its staging in performance. This study reflects on wha......more
This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the ’first great ......more
Claudio Monteverdi’s Venetian Operas features chapters by a group of scholars and performers of varied backgrounds and s......more
This book covers playwright Martin Crimp’s recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contempo......more
Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live. ’O......more
Latin America and the Transports of Opera studies a series of episodes in the historical and textual convergence of a ha......more
Latin America and the Transports of Opera studies a series of episodes in the historical and textual convergence of a ha......more
The most-performed operas today were written at least a hundred years ago and carry some outdated and deeply problematic......more
The most-performed operas today were written at least a hundred years ago and carry some outdated and deeply problematic......more
Seeing Opera Anew offers a "stereo" perspective to opera, adding insights from the sciences closely related to human lif......more
Seeing Opera Anew offers a "stereo" perspective to opera, adding insights from the sciences closely related to human lif......more
This book offers an innovative approach to understanding operetta, drawing attention to its malleability and resistance ......more
A long-needed and up-to-date overview of the syntax and principles that make Verdi’s operas so effective and so beloved ......more
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