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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.
A clear and accessible introduction to one of the most significant operas of the twentieth century.
The contributions to this handbook bring together a full-length study of Elektra in English. The volume examines the many facets of one of Richard Strauss's most complex operas. …