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Author: David Hamilton Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780671617325 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 418
Book Description
An elegant gift and comprehensive reference for opera lovers, The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia draws on the talents and resources of the world's greatest opera house. Describes singers, composers, operas and more. 250 black-and-white photographs.
Author: Franklin Mesa Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476605378 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 477
Book Description
This encyclopedia includes entries for 1,153 world premiere (and other significant) performances of operas in Europe, the United States, Latin America and Russia. Entries offer details about key persons, arias, interesting facts, and date and location of each premiere. There is a biographical dictionary with 1,288 entries on historical and modern operatic singers, composers, librettists, and conductors. Fully indexed and with a bibliography.
Author: John W. Freeman Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393040517 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 504
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Contains the plots of 150 of the world's most popular operas, short biographies of the 72 composers represented, plus background material pertinent to each work.
Author: John W. Freeman Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393018882 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 596
Book Description
Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.