Music-Genres & Styles-Opera

"The Complete Opera Book" by Gustav Kobbe stands as a definitive and comprehensive guide to the world of opera, meticulously cataloging the stories, music, and history of the art form's most significant works. Designed to serve both the seasoned aficionado and the curious newcomer,...

Eugene Onegin is Tchaikovsky's most famous opera. It is a beloved masterpiece of Romantic music. This guide presents the libretto with a side-by-side new English translation, circumstances of composition, a history of the best singers for the roles with video clip links, trivia, musical...

""Boccaccio or The Prince of Palermo"" is a comic opera written by Franz von Suppe in 1880. The story revolves around the famous Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio and his encounters with the Prince of Palermo. The opera is divided into three acts and features...

Packed full of new archival evidence that reveals the interconnected world of music theatre during the 'Classical era', this interdisciplinary study investigates key locations, genres, music, and musicians. Austin Glatthorn explores the extent to which the Holy Roman Empire delineated and networked a cultural...

Vincenzo Bellini's physical beauty, boundless success, and untimely death at the age of thirty-three combined to give him instant mythical status. In John Rosselli's new account, the first in English in twenty-five years, of his life and music, a more accurate view of Bellini...

This book is designed to introduce the non-specialist music lover to Britten's opera, The Turn of the Screw. The opening chapters by Vivien Jones and Patricia Howard deal with the literary source of the opera Oames's novella), the structure of the libretto, and the...

Arthur Sullivan was Victorian Britain's most celebrated composer, whose music still reaches a wider audience than that of any of his contemporaries. Yet the comic operas on which Sullivan's reputation is chiefly based have been consistently belittled or ignored, while his serious works have...

Author: Uri ErmanISBN-10: 0197784046ISBN-13: 9780197784044Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/05/2026Pages: 310Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d

Author: Elisabeth Abbott,Arthur Livingston,Thomas G. BerginISBN-10: 1025833856ISBN-13: 9781025833859Publisher: Tradd Street PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2026Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

Throughout the Ancien Régime, mythology played a vital role in opera, defining such epoch-making works as Claudio Monteverdi's La favola d'Orfeo (1607) and Christoph Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride (1779). The operatic presence of the Greco-Roman gods and heroes was anything but unambiguous or unproblematic,...

The name of Pauline Viardot Garcia was well known during her lifetime, but after her death in 1910, she passed into obscurity. She was born in Paris in 1821, the youngest child of the Spanish tenor, Manuel Garcia; her sister was Maria Malibran, and...

Operafilm is a new word for an emerging, auteur-led gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, in which music, film, and performance are combined to sustain intellectually and aesthetically coherent metamodernist narratives. In this form of storytelling, every element, including score, image, and performance, is...

A detailed documentary history of opera in Portugal from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the inauguration of the still existing Teatro de S. Carlos in 1793. This 1989 study shows how the introduction of opera into the country at the beginning of...

Alexander H. Shapiro provides a fresh look at the influences on Wagner's Götterdämmerung, and critically re-evaluates the composer's intellectual worldview as revealed in his own prose works, letters and diary entries. The book challenges conventional views that continue to impede a clear understanding of...

"Caruso's Method of Voice Production [The Scientific Culture of the Voice]" offers a comprehensive exploration into the vocal techniques and pedagogical theories associated with one of the most legendary tenors in history, Enrico Caruso. Authored by Victor Maurel, a celebrated operatic baritone and contemporary...

Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellini's operas on stage, on screen, and in sound, video and performance art. This investigation begins in 1935, the hundredth anniversary of the composer's death and the year...

In terms of musical composition, all but the first five of his thirty-five years were astoundingly productive for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91). A stream of glorious symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, operas and the sublime but unfinished Requiem poured from his pen. German philologist...

Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation as one of the towering figures of Western music history. This lively collection builds upon this resurgence of interest, with chapters exploring the nature of Haydn's invention and the cultural forces that he both absorbed and helped to shape...

Investigation of unjustly neglected opera. Hans Pfitzner's musical legend' Palestrina is considered in the German-speaking countries to be one of the supreme masterpieces of music, and yet it is all but unknown elsewhere. The opera, first performed in 1917, tells the story of the...

What is it about opera that can bring unashamed tears to the eyes of adoring fans? In this book, first published in French in 1986 and now available in English, Michel Poizat explains in a charming way the fascination of the interaction between music...

Originally published in 1986, this book is a major study in English on Grétry and opéra-comique. Opéra-comique is the operatic genre that lies behind The Magic Flute and Fidelio. David Charlton's important study examines the genre in the period before the French Revolution, considering...

In 1847 Wagner read the Oresteian trilogy, the finest surviving work by Aeschylus. The impact on him of Aeschylus' work, at this crucial time in his development, changed Wagner's entire vision of his own role as an artist. As he wrote in his autobiography:...

Empress Marie Therese, second wife of Emperor Franz II, devoted much of her life to music. She played piano and sang, compiled a large music library and supported professional musicians and composers. This comprehensive survey of the Empress as musician and patron is based...

"The Savoy Operas" brings together the complete collection of librettos written by W. S. Gilbert for his legendary collaborations with composer Arthur Sullivan. Spanning the creative peak of their partnership between 1875 and 1896, this volume includes the full texts of world-renowned comic operas...

A history of the Aix-en-Provence Festival of opera and music, from its inception in 1948 to 2018. In this new study, the first book on the Aix Festival in English, Simon Trowbridge discuses artistic policy and describes each edition of the festival, with an...

An exploration of the fundamental relationship between opera and urban modernity in three iconic cities: London, Paris, and New York. At the end of the nineteenth century, London, Paris, and New York were quintessential modern metropolises and vital centers for opera. In Operatic Infrastructures,...

“The Valkyrie” is a dramatic poem by Richard Wagner, adapted from his opera of the same name. Drawing deeply from Norse mythology, the poem explores themes of heroism, fate, and love through the iconic figure of the Valkyrie. Wagner's powerful verse brings the epic...

“Lohengrin, son of Parsifal” retells the captivating story of Lohengrin, the knight of the Holy Grail, based on Richard Wagner's celebrated opera. This rendition makes the timeless legend accessible to a broader audience, retaining the emotional depth and mystical allure of Wagner's original work....

A concise picture book of fifty pages illustrating thirty-nine delightful motion picture operettas in black and white photographs, with a short essay on the meaning of the term "Operetta".Author: Alice LorenceISBN-10: 1300637536ISBN-13: 9781300637530Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2025Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.16d

Rejected, Canceled, Giving Up, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression. Discover WHY a musician shared a Grammy with John Legend and why an Australian on the brink of quitting impacted music teaching forever....

The genesis of Meyerbeer's last opera, L'Africaine, is something of a legend. He had first considered the subject in 1837 when Scribe presented him with two new drafts, intended to clinch the triumphant successes of Robert le Diable (1831) and Les Huguenots (1836). The...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most important and influential opera composers of the nineteenth century, enjoyed a fame during his lifetime hardly rivalled by any of his contemporaries. This ten volume set provides in one collection all the operatic texts set by Meyerbeer in...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most important and influential opera composers of the nineteenth century, enjoyed a fame during his lifetime hardly rivalled by any of his contemporaries. This ten volume set provides in one collection all the operatic texts set by Meyerbeer in...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most important and influential opera composers of the nineteenth century, enjoyed a fame during his lifetime hardly rivalled by any of his contemporaries. This eleven volume set provides in one collection all the operatic texts set by Meyerbeer in...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most important and influential opera composers of the nineteenth century, enjoyed a fame during his lifetime hardly rivalled by any of his contemporaries. This ten volume set provides in one collection all the operatic texts set by Meyerbeer in...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most important and influential opera composers of the nineteenth century, enjoyed a fame during his lifetime hardly rivalled by any of his contemporaries. This ten volume set provides in one collection all the operatic texts set by Meyerbeer in...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most important and influential opera composers of the nineteenth century, enjoyed a fame during his lifetime unrivalled by any of his contemporaries. This eleven volume set provides in one collection all the operatic texts set by Meyerbeer in his...

Meyerbeer's third Italian opera, Emma di Resburgo (Emma of Roxburgh) was premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 26 June 1819 only three months after Semiramide had appeared at Turin, and scored a success that far surpassed that of both of its...

The Tuneful Voice: Selected Libretti presents a collection of works by Eugene Benson, professor, novelist, playwright, and editor, written over a fifty-year period. The volume includes adaptations of the writings of such prominent authors as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Oscar Wilde as opera,...

In his lifetime, the opera composer Fromental HalÃ(c)vy was considered the leader of the French school; his admirers included Wagner, Berlioz, and later Mahler. Today, he is chiefly remembered for his grand tragic opera La Juive (1835). HalÃ(c)vy, a native of Paris, was active...

Author: Robert Ignatius Letellier,Nicholas Lester FullerISBN-10: 1527566579ISBN-13: 9781527566576Publisher: Cambridge Scholars PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2021Pages: 684Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.70d

Author: Robert Ignatius LetellierISBN-10: 1527511324ISBN-13: 9781527511323Publisher: Cambridge Scholars PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/09/2018Pages: 437Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.10d

This book presents a detailed investigation of the singing technique that is generally known as the â oeinhaling the voice⠝ technique. In addition, it explores the usage of vowels in spoken and sung variants, offering advice to singers regarding how they can improve...

Robert le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer is regarded as a musical milestone, a definitive statement in the 19th-century development of French grand opera from the tragedie lyrique of Lully, Rameau, Gluck and Spontini. The libretto by Eugene Scribe and Germain Delavigne was derived from...

This book reproduces the Ricordi vocal score of Meyerbeer's last Italian opera (Milan, c. 1825). More than hardly any other opera of the first third of the nineteenth century, Il Crociato in Egitto (Venice, 1814) appears as work standing between the epochs. In its...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most important and influential opera composers of the nineteenth century, enjoyed a fame during his lifetime unrivalled by any of his contemporaries. This eleven volume set provides in one collection all the operatic texts set by Meyerbeer in his...

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Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado is a book written by Robert Lawrence that provides a comprehensive overview of one of the most popular and enduring works of the famous British theatrical duo. The Mikado is a comic opera that was first performed in 1885...

The Italian opera company in Prague managed by Pasquale Bondini and Domenico Guardasoni played a central role in promoting Mozart's operas during the final years of his life. Using a wide range of primary sources which include the superb collections of eighteenth-century opera posters...