Opera Books

E NewmanInstructor: James KurtzThe Wagner OperasErnest Newman

Ethan Mordden Includes new, previously unpublished interviews Enriches and expands upon the story begun in the original Opera Anecdotes Features t...

“The best single volume ever written on the subject, such is its range, authority, and readability.”―Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transf...

Translating the text of Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung is a monumental task that few have successfully undertaken. Here, however, Stewart Sp...

Opera Coaching: Professional Techniques for the Répétiteur, Second Edition, is an update to the first practical guide for opera coaches when work...

The Complete Operas of Verdi is the first full-length study of all of Verdi's operas. This work of the brilliant British music critic Charles Osbor...

Passionate, witty, and brilliant, Opera as Drama has been lauded as one of the most controversial, thought-provoking, and entertaining works of ope...

Makes available in reliable English translation Wagner's original Siegfried libretto and his early essay on the Nibelung myth. In 1848 Richard Wag...

by Winton Dean Detailed overview of Handel's final 22 operas - including major masterpieces such as Orlando, Ariodante and Alcina and the brilliant...

"Ach ich fühl's - German for opera Singers in Three Acts: Studying, Speaking, Singing" is the first German language book that makes its readers lau...

(40 Years of Musical Mishaps)By Andrew Foldi A collection of humorous reminiscences by the famous basso who has performed in virtually every major...

One of the most significant developments in 19th-century Italian opera was the genesis of the Verdi baritone. The authors argue that the composer's...

From operas presented in reconfigured army barracks to those mounted on a stage rivaling that of New York's Metropolitan Opera House, Indiana Unive...

by, Alan Montgomery "Opera Coaching "is the first practical guide for pianists, singers, and opera producers to this important--and often neglected...

Gozzi, Meyerhold, Prokofiev Edited by Dassia N. Posner and Kevin Bartig With Maria De Simone In 1921, Sergei Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges—one...

Hilary Poriss Oxford Keynotes First full-length guide to the performance history of The Barber of Seville from its premiere to the present day Off...

Alexandra Wilson Oxford Keynotes Offers new interpretations of a much-loved opera and reveals how it became so successful Explores the relationshi...

Edited by Cormac Newark and William Weber Oxford Handbooks Includes contributions from industry professionals about opera's commercial and artisti...