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Wagner's Tristan und Isolde occupies a singular position in the history of Western culture. What Nietzsche called the 'sweet and terrible infinity' of its basic nexus of longing …
Few operas have had more written about them than The Magic Flute, yet few are as often exposed to misguided comment - or to idiosyncratic productions. This book sets out to provide …
This book is intended primarily as a guide for the opera goer. It includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it, and discusses the style of …
Idomeneo, by common consent Mozart's greatest opera seria, is a rich synthesis of the dramatic potentialities of Italian opera seria, French tragédie lyrique, and recent German …
This is the first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss’s Arabella. The opening chapters explore the literary background of the work, and examine the Strauss–Hofmannsthal …
This book is a guide to Berg's second opera, Lulu, written in non-technical language.
Norma is by common consent the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career, representing his genius more comprehensively than is usually the case with …
The first book to be devoted to Mozart's opera, La clemenza di Tito, with historical and critical analysis.
Caryl Emerson (a literary specialist) and Robert William Oldani (a music historian) take a new and comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky’s Boris …
The first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's opera, Arabella.