Music-Genres & Styles-Opera

Benjamin Britten's works for the stage developed from the traditional late nineteenth-century romantic opera structure of Peter Grimes to the experimental format of the church parables and of Death in Venice, his last opera. At the core of this development seems to have been...

Wagner's operatic works rank with the supreme achievements of western culture. But acceptance of Wagner's musical genius is tempered by feelings of misgiving and many believe the composer's underlying ideas to be indefensible. A self-styled social revolutionary, Wagner thought the world could be redeemed...

The Magic Flute has elicited a wide range of interpretations. From simple fairy tale to Masonic allegory, every meaning seems to have been explored. Yet the mystery remains. Mozart himself was less than helpful, leaving only inconsequential accounts of the work's conception. His untimely...

Experience the passion and drama of Puccini's masterpiece with the "La Boheme Libretto," presented here in a meticulously prepared print edition. Authored by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, this libretto allows you to delve into the heart of one of the most beloved Italian...

Escape to a tropical paradise with this charming opera comique, set on the fictional island of Nicobar. Filled with lively songs and a touching love story, this book captures the spirit of adventure and romance.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

Drawn from thirty years of regular music columns that appeared in the Berkshire Eagle, (a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper in Pittsfield, Mass.), Avoiding Cultural Default offers a cross-section of Professor Shainman's views of the economic reality of the music profession as well as a...

Ottenberg synthesizes material from a variety of sources--annals, memoirs, and scholarly sources--and, with them, weaves a coherent narrative of what was performed where, by whom, and what developments took place. Works, companies, and individual singers are discussed to reveal the 19th-century world of performance...

Author: Fabrizio Della Seta,James ChaterISBN-10: 0197787231ISBN-13: 9780197787236Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/10/2026Pages: 448Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.77lbsSize: 9.51h x 6.58w x 1.37d

Enjoy a collection of plays by the renowned William Schwenck Gilbert, best known for his collaborations with Arthur Sullivan. This volume includes "H.M.S. Pinafore," a comic operetta celebrated for its wit and memorable melodies. Gilbertâ€(TM)s satirical humor and clever wordplay shine through in this...

“The Black Hussar” is a comic opera in three acts, a delightful example of late 19th-century musical theatre. Composed by Carl Millöcker with libretto by Sydney Rosenfeld, Hugo Wittmann, and Alois Wohlmuth, this opera offers a blend of humor, romance, and lively musical numbers....

This lavishly illustrated book, the first in English on Montemezzi, is a documentary record of La Nave's creation and critical reception and an exploration of its composer's ultimate failure to claim a central place in the history of Italian opera. This revised and expanded...

Discover "Oberon, König Der Elfen," a captivating Romantic fairy opera in three acts. This edition brings together the talents of Carl Maria von Weber, James R. Planché, and Theodor Hell in a masterful collaboration. Experience the enchanting tale of Oberon, the king of the...

Opera Songs, Volume 4 presents a curated collection of popular arias and songs from both contemporary and classic operas. This volume provides vocalists and enthusiasts with a wide selection of pieces, making it an ideal resource for practice, performance, or simply enjoying the rich...

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Opening Doors: Orchestras, Opera Companies and Community Engagement investigates the ways in which the classical music industry is reinventing its sense of purpose, never a more important or urgent pursuit than in the present decade.Author: Emily DollmanISBN-10: 1032056460ISBN-13: 9781032056463Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2024Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Pagliacci, also known as Punchinello, is a renowned opera in two acts by Ruggiero Leoncavallo. This edition features the original Italian libretto alongside an English translation by Henry Grafton Chapman, making it accessible to a wider audience. The dramatic storyline and emotionally charged music...

First performed in 1879, this beloved comic opera tells the story of a young man named Frederic, who was mistakenly apprenticed to a band of pirates as a child. On his twenty-first birthday, he decides to leave the pirates behind and seek his fortune...

Sedecia Re' Di Gerusalemme is an opera in three acts by Alessandro Scarlatti with a libretto by Filippo Fabri. This work exemplifies the dramatic power and vocal artistry of early 18th-century Italian opera. Set against a backdrop of biblical history, the opera delves into...

Rediscover the charm of William Vincent Wallace's opera, "Maritana," in this edition featuring the original English text and the music for all the principal airs. A celebrated work of the 19th century, "Maritana" tells a compelling story through its memorable melodies and dramatic libretto...

Thirty Years������� Musical Recollections V2 (1862) is a book written by Henry Fothergill Chorley, which provides a detailed account of his experiences in the music industry over a period of thirty years. The book is the second volume of a two-part series and covers...

M. T. Ciceronis Pars Prima Sive Opera Rhetorica Et Oratoria V1 (1831) is a book authored by Marcus Tullius Cicero. The book is written in Latin and is the first part of Cicero's works on rhetoric and oratory. The book was published in 1831...

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The World of Opera by Robert Lawrence is a comprehensive guide to the history, development, and current state of the opera genre. The book covers the origins of opera in Italy during the Renaissance, its spread throughout Europe, and its evolution into the modern...

The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music And Their Composers is a comprehensive guide to some of the most famous operas of all time. Written by George Upton, a music critic and historian, this book provides detailed summaries of the plots of over 100...

""St. Patrick's Day Or The Scheming Lieutenant"" is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The play is a comedy that revolves around the character of Lieutenant O'Conner, who is scheming to win the heart of his love interest, Lady Elinor. The play is...

First published in 1991. Deirdre O'Grady's study of the Italian operatic librettist identifies opera as a mirror of literary climates, popular taste and political aspirations. This study traces the history of the Italian libretto from its courtly origin through to the 19th-century struggle for...

Experience the enduring power of "Faust," a lyric drama in five acts by J. Barbier, M. Carré, and Charles Gounod. This classic French opera, rooted in the timeless Faustian legend, explores themes of ambition, morality, and redemption. This meticulously prepared print edition allows you...

Explore the timeless magic of Richard Wagner's operas in "The Wagnerian Romances" by Gertrude Hall. This meticulously prepared print edition delves into the captivating stories behind Wagner's groundbreaking musical dramas, offering a rich exploration of the composer's enduring legacy. Perfect for opera enthusiasts and...

Delve into the life and work of one of history's most influential and controversial composers with "Richard Wagner, Composer of Operas," by John F. Runciman. This biography explores the genius behind Wagner's groundbreaking operas, offering insights into his musical innovations and dramatic vision. A...

Explore the dramatic world of Richard Wagner's operas with "Opera Stories from Wagner," retold by Florence Akin. This collection offers a captivating introduction to the timeless stories behind Wagner's iconic music. Delve into the plots and narratives that fuel the passion and grandeur of...

Immerse yourself in the world of nineteenth-century Parisian opera with this celebrated work by Jacques Offenbach, Jules Barbier, and Michel Carré. Featuring a diverse cast of characters and a compelling storyline that blends romance, comedy, and tragedy, Les Contes d'Hoffmann remains a cornerstone of...

Julian Young presents Richard Wagner as an important philosopher of art and life, first as a utopian anarchist-communist and then as a Schopenhauerian pessimist. Understanding Wagner's philosophy is crucial to understanding his operas, as it is to understanding Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Heidegger.Author: Julian YoungISBN-10:...

In a lively exploration of Jacques Offenbach's final masterpiece, Heather Hadlock shows how Les Contes d'Hoffmann summed up not only the composer's career but also a century of Romantic culture. A strange fusion of irony and profundity, frivolity and nightmare, the opera unfolds as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

A Second Book of Operas by Henry Edward Krehbiel is a comprehensive guide to the world of opera. This book is a follow-up to Krehbiel's first book, A Book of Operas, and includes detailed descriptions of 25 additional operas. The book covers a range...

The Magic of the Opera: A Picture Memoir of the Metropolitan is a book written by Mary Ellis Peltz that provides readers with a visual journey through the history of the Metropolitan Opera. The book is filled with stunning photographs that capture the essence...

The Singing Girl is a comic opera in three acts, written by Stanislaus Stange and first published in 1899. The story follows the adventures of a young woman named Rosalind, who is a talented singer and performer. Rosalind falls in love with a young...

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"Operetta: A Theatrical History" is considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, first published in 1983, is still recognized as the key history of the people and productions that made operetta a worldwide phenomenon. Beginning in mid-19th century Europe,...

The Operatic State examines the cultural, financial, and political investments that have gone into the maintenance of opera and opera houses in Europe, the USA and Australia. It analyses opera's nearly immutable form throughout wars, revolutions, and vast social changes throughout the world. Bereson...

Opera in Performance elucidates the performative dimension of contemporary opera productions. What are the most striking and decisive moments in a performance? Why do we respond so strongly to stagings that transform familiar scenes, to performers' bodily presence, and to virtuosic voices as well...

Rainer Maria Rilke's fifteen-part poetic cycle Das Marien-Leben stands as his most eloquent meditation on Mary, the mother of Jesus, whose name he shares. Rilke composed these verses in 1912, and ten years later, Paul Hindemith chose to heighten their rhetoric in an expansive...

Sopranos of Today, by Harold Rosenthal, offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives and careers of leading female opera singers circa 1955. Rosenthal, a respected authority on opera, provides insightful commentary and biographical details about the sopranos who graced the world's most prestigious stages....

The Fortune Teller: A Comic Opera, In Three Acts (1898) is a musical masterpiece by Harry Bache Smith. The story follows the misadventures of a group of travelers who become entangled with a band of gypsies and their mysterious fortune teller. The opera features...

Introduce young listeners to the captivating world of opera with Mary Schell Hoke Bacon's "Operas Every Child Should Know." This timeless volume offers accessible descriptions of the text and music of some of the most famous operatic masterpieces. Designed as an introduction to classical...

Memorable melodies and fanciful worlds - the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan remain as popular today as when they were first performed. This Companion provides a timely guide to the history and development of the collaboration between the two men, including a fresh...

Videos featuring opera singers were initially released in the mid 1980s. This companion volume to Opera Mediagraphy: Video Recordings and Motion Pictures (Greenwood, 1993) indexes opera singers on video and film in concert, recital, and non-operatic feature film and includes VHS videotape, optical video...

Why has the female voice--as the resonant incarnation of the female body--inspired both fascination and ambivalence? Why were women restricted from performing on the Chinese public stage? How have female roles and voices been appropriated by men throughout much of the history of Chinese...

Title: The Pirates of Penzance, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,...

Presents Wagner as a serious philosopher and offers a fresh perspective on the Ring and its unique fusion of myth, human drama, and philosophical insight. Few figures of the nineteenth century were more influential than Richard Wagner, and few works of art have the...