This generously illustrated survey of 80 halls from the past three centuries is a personal selection by the authors, enr......more
Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellini’s operas on ......more
This volume uses the historic staging and legacy of the 1903 production of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, directed......more
An exploration of the fundamental relationship between opera and urban modernity in three iconic cities: London, Paris, ......more
"We don’t have to look far or hard to see the negative consequences of gang involvement. Violence, drug use, and impriso......more
Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869 -1954) preceded Scott Joplin, Shirley Graham, and William Grant Still in African-American g......more
Through the examination of participatory elements, theories, and practices, this book defines participatory opera, explo......more
In 2010, Carlisle Floyd, one of American opera’s most titanic talents, found himself at an impasse. Caring for family an......more
Opera in Transnational Contexts: Circulating Identities and Cultures sheds important light onto the travels of operatic ......more
Operafilm is a new word for an emerging, auteur-led gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, in which music, film, and per......more
Known as opera’s "disrupter-in-residence," director Yuval Sharon has never adhered to the art form’s conventions. In his......more
Wendy Eathorne-international opera and concert singer, teacher, promoter, adjudicator and examiner-shares the remarkable......more
This is an accessible introduction to jingju (Beijing/Peking opera) which presents readers with an analysis of the diffe......more
Presents Wagner as a serious philosopher and offers a fresh perspective on the Ring and its unique fusion of myth, human......more
Presents Wagner as a serious philosopher and offers a fresh perspective on the Ring and its unique fusion of myth, human......more
This study overturns twentieth-century thinking about pasticcio opera. This radical way of creating opera formed a count......more
Immerse yourself in the captivating and surprisingly contentious world of opera with this compelling unveiling of the ar......more
Blunt, irreverent, and at times wittily subversive, Opera Wars spotlights opera’s colorful and sometimes warring persona......more
An interdisciplinary study of how early nineteenth-century science and opera articulated a transnational romantic vision......more
Although Gustav Holst is rarely thought of as an opera composer, his operatic works provide a gateway to the exploration......more
This book brings together a significant part of Derek B. Scott’s diverse academic work, showing that the cultural histor......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
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
Isabel Díaz-Morlán reads the characters of Così fan tutte, an opera by Mozart and Da Ponte, through the lens of René Gir......more
Rainer Maria Rilke’s fifteen-part poetic cycle Das Marien-Leben stands as his most eloquent meditation on Mary, the moth......more
"The Ring is one of the most epic and compelling stories of the nineteenth century, created by a composer who was, along......more
Opera has long been known for its ability to be used as a tool for colonial expression. But it is increasingly used to n......more
Title: The Ameer. A comic opera in three acts, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Li......more
A concise picture book of fifty pages illustrating thirty-nine delightful motion picture operettas in black and white ph......more
In the mid-nineteenth century, Chinese opera theater arrived as one of the significant performing art forms in Californi......more
In the mid-nineteenth century, Chinese opera theater arrived as one of the significant performing art forms in Californi......more
Examines how stories of biblical families were reconfigured and projected in the genre of the oratorio, a form of sacred......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
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
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
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
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Picture a Day Like This is the fourth operatic collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed p......more
This book explores the responses of leading European avant-garde painters to the operas of Richard Wagner, the most infl......more
This monograph studies opera as music drama, guided by four ideas: opera as an ambiance (setting an acoustic stage where......more
Schindler’s List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves i......more
Luciano Pavarotti was one of the best-loved international personalities of the 20th century. A singer who broke free of ......more
A major anthology on opera in an age of global instability, with testimonies from leading figures in the field In his ep......more
Award-winning singer Ian Bostridge examines iconic works of Western classical music to reflect on the relationship betwe......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
A history of nineteenth-century New Orleans and the people who made it a vital, if unexpected, part of an emerging opera......more
Alchemy of Punk is a thesis and opera developed by Aneta Panek as part of her PhD at the Fakultat Gestaltung in the Univ......more
Dorothea Link examines singers’ voices and casting practices in late eighteenth-century Italian opera as exemplified in ......more
Though studying opera often requires attention to aesthetics, libretti, staging, singers, compositional history, and per......more
Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in thr......more
Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in thr......more
Luciano Pavarotti was one of the best-loved international personalities of the 20th century. A singer who broke free of ......more
When young Louis Quilico meets upcoming concert pianist Lina Pizzolongo, a personal and musical collaboration begins tha......more
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Schindler’s List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves i......more
The first biography of Maria Callas in over 15 years, and the first to portray her as a feminist icon rather than a bitc......more
"Immerse yourself in more than 400 years of the world’s most celebrated operas and discover the fascinating stories behi......more
Photographer Monika Rittershaus is regarded as an inspiring interpreter of today’s musical theater in all its diversity,......more
Richly illustrated with images and stories, this is your perfect souvenir of the Sydney Opera House A new guide to this ......more
"Don Giovanni" Captured considers the life of a single opera, engaging with the entire history of its recorded performan......more
Fourteen revealing essays by a prominent Berlioz authority on some of the composer’s acclaimed compositions (the Symphon......more
With a new English libretto by Tony Kushner and a design from the legendary Maurice Sendak, the Czech opera Brundibar is......more
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Richard Wagner’s magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work. F......more
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Enter the cross-cultural tale of gusto and enchantment, adaptation and loss, preserving the old ways of making a life. P......more
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Music and space in the early modern world shaped each other in profound ways, and this is particularly apparent when con......more
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Richard Wagner’s magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work. F......more
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