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Backstage at the Revolution: How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime

Backstage at the Revolution: How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime

On July 14, 1789, a crowd of angry French citizens en route to the Bastille broke into the Paris Opera and helped themse......more

Giovanna d’Arco: Dramma Lirico in Four Acts by Temistocle Solera

Giovanna d’Arco: Dramma Lirico in Four Acts by Temistocle Solera

Giovanna d Arco (Joan of Arc), Verdi s seventh opera, premiered at La Scala in 1845 to great public success despite sub-......more

Magic Flutes & Enchanted Forests: The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater

Magic Flutes & Enchanted Forests: The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater

Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Fores......more

Chinese Street Opera in Singapore

Chinese Street Opera in Singapore

Since Singapore declared independence from Malaysia in 1965, Chinese street opera has played a significant role in defin......more

Mozart’s Operas: A Companion

Mozart’s Operas: A Companion

This wise and friendly guide to Mozart s operas encompasses the full range of his most popular works--Figaro, Don Giovan......more

Ancient Rome in Early Opera

Ancient Rome in Early Opera

The major historians of ancient Rome wrote their works in the firm belief that the exalted history of the Roman Empire p......more

Cuban Zarzuela: Performing Race and Gender on Havana’s Lyric Stage

Cuban Zarzuela: Performing Race and Gender on Havana’s Lyric Stage

On September 29, 1927, Cuban soprano Rita Montaner walked onto the stage of Havana’s Teatro Regina. The cross-dressed ac......more

Madam Butterfly

Madam Butterfly

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of thes......more

Madam Butterfly

Madam Butterfly

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of thes......more

The Grove Book of Opera Singers

The Grove Book of Opera Singers

Covering over 1500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day, this marvelous volume will be an essential resour......more

Tosca

Tosca

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of thes......more

Vivaldi, ’Motezuma’ and the Opera Seria: Essays on a Newly Discovered Work and Its Background

Vivaldi, ’Motezuma’ and the Opera Seria: Essays on a Newly Discovered Work and Its Background

Great was the interest among Vivaldians and opera-lovers when a score of a large portion of Vivaldi s lost opera Motezum......more

Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera

Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera

Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera is the first biography of this significant musician, conductor, and director an......more

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

(Vocal Collection). Most voice teachers and singers still prefer the pianistic, wonderfully gratifying arrangements of t......more

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

(Vocal Collection). Most voice teachers and singers still prefer the pianistic, wonderfully gratifying arrangements of t......more

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

(Vocal Collection). Most voice teachers and singers still prefer the pianistic, wonderfully gratifying arrangements of t......more

Challenges: A Memoir of My Life in Opera

Challenges: A Memoir of My Life in Opera

A powerful pioneer in opera and music recounts her struggles and triumphs Founder and long-time director of the Opera Co......more

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

28 Italian Songs And Arias of the 17th And 18th Centuries

(Vocal Collection). Most voice teachers and singers still prefer the pianistic, wonderfully gratifying arrangements of t......more

Opera and the Morbidity of Music

Opera and the Morbidity of Music

The death of classical music, the distinguished critic and musicologist Joseph Kerman declares, is a tired, vacuous con......more

Pia De’ Tolomei: Tragedia Lirica in Two Parts, Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Pia De’ Tolomei: Tragedia Lirica in Two Parts, Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

By the mid 1830s, as he began to dominate European stages, Gaetano Donizettiwas pushingthe boundaries of heightened roma......more

The Victor Book Of The Opera: Stories of One-Hundred Operas

The Victor Book Of The Opera: Stories of One-Hundred Operas

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such a......more

Medieval Ritual And Early Modern Music: The Devotional Practice of Lauda Singing in Late-renaissance Italy

Medieval Ritual And Early Modern Music: The Devotional Practice of Lauda Singing in Late-renaissance Italy

The polyphonic lauda had its place of prominence in the lay devotional confraternities in Italian cities in the late Mid......more

Franco Corelli: Prince of Tenors

Franco Corelli: Prince of Tenors

His exceptional good looks made him a matinee idol, and Franco Corelli - the Prince of Tenors - was dubbed "Mr. Soldout"......more

Symphonic Etudes: Portraits of Russian Operas and Ballets

Symphonic Etudes: Portraits of Russian Operas and Ballets

When Boris Asafyev s first edition of Symphonic Etudes appeared in 1922, it was recognized as the most extensive, insigh......more

Symphonic Etudes: Portraits of Russian Operas and Ballets

Symphonic Etudes: Portraits of Russian Operas and Ballets

When Boris Asafyev’s first edition of Symphonic Etudes appeared in 1922, it was recognized as the most extensive, insigh......more

Monteverdi’s Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy

Monteverdi’s Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was the first important composer of opera. This innovative study by one of the foremost e......more

Wagner and the Wonder of Art: An Introduction to Die Meistersinger

Wagner and the Wonder of Art: An Introduction to Die Meistersinger

Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger has always called forth superlatives from those who have fallen under its spell. Tosc......more

The Autumn of Italian Opera: From Verismo to Modernism, 1890-1915

The Autumn of Italian Opera: From Verismo to Modernism, 1890-1915

With the passing of giants like Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti, and with Verdi in decline, Italian opera at the end of ......more

I Capuleti E I Montecchi: Tragedia Lirica in Due Atti

I Capuleti E I Montecchi: Tragedia Lirica in Due Atti

I Capuleti e i Montecchi, which had its premiere in Venice in March 1830, remained one of Vincenzo Bellini s most popul......more

Music at the Limits

Music at the Limits

Music at the Limits is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward W. Said s essays and articles on music. ......more

Guia universal de la opera/ Universal Guide of Opera

Guia universal de la opera/ Universal Guide of Opera

This study of the opera genre explores the biographies of famous composers as well as the characters, literary origins, ......more

Unsettling Opera: Staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky

Unsettling Opera: Staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky

What happens when operas that are comfortably ensconced in the canon are thoroughly rethought and radically recast on st......more

Art Songs and Arias: High Voice

Art Songs and Arias: High Voice

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). 21 art songs, plus 4 arias in the High Voice volume, or 3 arias in the Medium/Low Voice volume.......more

Art Songs and Arias: Medium/Low Voice

Art Songs and Arias: Medium/Low Voice

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). This collection of 24 songs and arias draws on works that span the composer s lifetime, includi......more

The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and His Festival Theater in Bayreuth

The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and His Festival Theater in Bayreuth

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such a......more

The Chronicle of Opera

The Chronicle of Opera

The Chronicle of Opera celebrates four centuries of music and performance, mixing facts and anecdotes, personalities an......more

Pi Narati

Pi Narati

The theme of the opera is renewal, as in the transition between world ages. It is a very ancient theme, already found in......more

Jon Vickers: A Hero’s Life

Jon Vickers: A Hero’s Life

During his extraordinary career, the now-legendary Canadian tenor Jon Vickers sang the most demanding of operatic roles ......more

Linda Di Chamounix: Melodramma in Tre Atti - Melodramma in Three Acts

Linda Di Chamounix: Melodramma in Tre Atti - Melodramma in Three Acts

Linda di Chamounix provides a fascinating case study of Donizetti s habit of frequent rewriting, as it underwent three ......more

Macbeth: Melodramma in Quattro Atti Di/Melodramma in Four Acts

Macbeth: Melodramma in Quattro Atti Di/Melodramma in Four Acts

The first version of Verdi s opera based on Macbeth is arguably the most important work of his formative years. Dissatis......more

The Opera Lover’s Companion

The Opera Lover’s Companion

Every opera lover enjoys a performance more when accompanied by a knowledgeable friend. In this indispensable guide, wel......more

Puccini & the Girl: History and Reception of the Girl of the Golden West

Puccini & the Girl: History and Reception of the Girl of the Golden West

Set in the American West during the California Gold Rush, La fanciulla del West marked a significant departure from Giac......more

The Ring: An Illustrated History of Wagner’s Ring at the Royal Opera House

The Ring: An Illustrated History of Wagner’s Ring at the Royal Opera House

A celebratory summary of one of the greatest operatic events at the Royal Opera House in London, The Ring charts the sto......more

Florencia En El Amazonas: Opera in Two Acts

Florencia En El Amazonas: Opera in Two Acts

(Opera). Libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain. This passionate tale of an opera singer on a nostalgic and mysterious voyag......more

Handel’s Operas, 1726-1741

Handel’s Operas, 1726-1741

Detailed overview of Handel’s final 22 operas - including major masterpieces such as Orlando, Ariodante and Alcina and t......more

La Opera y Su Historia

La Opera y Su Historia

Well-illustrated and accesible, this guide to opera introduces its musical forms and protagonists. Bien-ilustrada y acce......more

Opera And Ideology in Prague: Polemics And Practice at the National Theater, 1900-1938

Opera And Ideology in Prague: Polemics And Practice at the National Theater, 1900-1938

An overview of the history of the Prague musical community from 1900 until the end of democracy in 1938, with attention ......more

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