Known as opera’s "disrupter-in-residence," director Yuval Sharon has never adhered to the art form’s conventions. In his......more
Rainer Maria Rilke’s fifteen-part poetic cycle Das Marien-Leben stands as his most eloquent meditation on Mary, the moth......more
Schindler’s List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves i......more
A user’s guide to opera--Matthew Aucoin, "the most promising operatic talent in a generation" (The New York Times Magazi......more
The tumultuous life of Australia’s most famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba. AUSTRALIA’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTA......more
Richly illustrated with images and stories, this is your perfect souvenir of the Sydney Opera House A new guide to this ......more
With a new English libretto by Tony Kushner and a design from the legendary Maurice Sendak, the Czech opera Brundibar is......more
A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner s Ring Cycle, in a Peng......more
Der fliegende Holl nder is the first of Wagner s operas considered to be representative of his mature style. It embodies......more
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Jonas Kaufmann is a phenomenon. With his musicality, his vocal technique and his expressive powers - to say nothing of h......more
The Metropolitan Opera 2020 Wall Calendar features another outstanding collection of images from the Met Opera s legenda......more
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Ad s s third opera, The Exterminating Angel, premiered at the Salzburg Festival in July 2016. Based on Luis Bu uel s sur......more
From the release of the most celebrated works to the secrets of the consecrated voices from the great operatic theaters,......more
The first appearance of Alice Goodman s two internationally-renowned and controversial libretti, alongside one of her ma......more
Reprinted from authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel sources, this collection features a variety of Brahms’s most cherished......more
The Music of the Future is not a book of predictions or speculations about how to save the music business or the bleedin......more
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) began his career at the end of the Romantic period and his death signaled the end of the las......more
(Vocal Collection). Many students only need a few opera arias in their vocal study. Selected Opera Arias extracts 10 ari......more
(Vocal Collection). 10 essential arias with plot notes, IPA, recorded diction lessons and recorded accompaniments. The p......more
(Vocal Collection). Many students only need a few opera arias in their vocal study. Selected Opera Arias extracts 10 ari......more
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(Vocal Collection). Many students only need a few opera arias in their vocal study. Selected Opera Arias extracts 10 ari......more
(Vocal Collection). Many students only need a few opera arias in their vocal study. Selected Opera Arias extracts 10 ari......more
In this book Brian Castles-Onion offers light-hearted accounts of some of the best-known operas, spiced with anecdotes a......more
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A perfectly accessible introduction to the history of opera This compact yet illuminating survey of opera brings the sub......more
Thebans was commissioned by English National Opera with support from The Boltini Trust, PRS for Music Foundation, and EN......more
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The Tenor is a sweeping epic tale of historical fiction in the style of Ann Patchett s Bel Canto and De Burniere s Ca......more
The History of Opera For Beginners is a humorous, little book which starts with the radical assumption that Opera is jus......more
The esoteric symbolism of the opera Parsifal unveiled: discover the incredible knowledge hidden within Arthurian legend.......more
This rich selection of twenty-nine alto-range opera arias spans from the dawn of Italian opera to the late nineteenth ce......more
This rich collection of twenty-three soprano-range opera arias ranges from the dawn of Italian opera through the late 18......more
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One of the most controversial figures in classical music, Richard Wagner s influence reaches as far as the film Apocalyp......more
An insider s view of the opera world from one of its greatest figures. Everything about opera is larger than life, but t......more
This is the first-ever guide to the magnificently rebuilt Royal Opera House, filled with color illustrations and photogr......more
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The first vocal work and the only opera written by B la Bart k (1881-1945), Bluebeard s Castle is considered the greates......more
Words for Lori Laitman’s opera, The Scarlet LetterBased on the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne Award-winning poet and libre......more
(Vocal Collection). The companion accompaniment recordings to the best-selling series in the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology......more
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In this guide, Julian Budden reviews the difficulties that faced the management that had commissioned La Traviata and ho......more
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Opera is often dismissed as outdated and excessive, and perceived to be characterised by excessive passions, sumptuous c......more
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From operas presented in reconfigured army barracks to those mounted on a stage rivaling that of New York’s Metropolitan......more
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Have you heard of the first American musical, The Black Crook, which opened in 1866 and had fifteen revivals? Do you kno......more