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$19.95The New Book of Opera Anecdotes
Ethan Mordden Includes new, previously unpublished interviews Enriches and expands upon the story begun in the original Opera Anecdotes Features t...
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$4.99Mad Scene and Exit Arias: The Death of the New York City Opera and the Future of Opera in America
Heidi Waleson From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt—an...
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$24.95A History of Opera
“The best single volume ever written on the subject, such is its range, authority, and readability.”―Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transf...
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$44.95Opera Coaching Professional Techniques for the Repetiteur 2nd Edition
Opera Coaching: Professional Techniques for the Répétiteur, Second Edition, is an update to the first practical guide for opera coaches when work...
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$75.00French Opera: A Short History
French opera is second only to Italian opera in the length, breadth, and diversity of its history. Yet most people, if asked to come up with titles...
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$29.95Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung: A Companion
Translating the text of Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung is a monumental task that few have successfully undertaken. Here, however, Stewart Sp...
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$19.99Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style
Andrew Davis Giacomo Puccini is one of the most frequently performed and best loved of all operatic composers. In Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccin...
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$10.98Chronicle of Opera: Revised Edition
"Practical for reference and delightful for browsing....Excellent introduction for the opera novice as well as the more experienced listener." —Boo...
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$20.00The Complete Operas Of Verdi (Da Capo Paperback)
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...
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$44.00Opera as Drama, 50th Anniversary Edition
Passionate, witty, and brilliant, Opera as Drama has been lauded as one of the most controversial, thought-provoking, and entertaining works of ope...
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$85.00Wagner's Ring in 1848
Makes available in reliable English translation Wagner's original Siegfried libretto and his early essay on the Nibelung myth. In 1848 Richard Wag...
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$99.00Handel's Operas, 1726-1741
by Winton Dean Detailed overview of Handel's final 22 operas - including major masterpieces such as Orlando, Ariodante and Alcina and the brilliant...
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$8.98Mozart and Beethoven The Concept of Love in Their Operas
An exploration of the sensuous and the passionate, as expressed in operas by Mozart and Beethoven. Music, language, and drama come together in oper...
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$29.95Nine Famous Operas
What’s Really Going On! Iris J. Arnesen This book contains analyses of the stories and music of nine operas, presented in chronological order from ...
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$39.95The Definitive Diva The Life and Career of Maria Callas
John Louis DiGaetani Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage, and her fa...
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$27.95Ach ich fühl's - German for Opera Singers in Three Acts: Studying, Speaking, Singing
"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...
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$15.00Opera: An Accident Waiting to Happen
(40 Years of Musical Mishaps)By Andrew Foldi A collection of humorous reminiscences by the famous basso who has performed in virtually every major...
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$99.00Handel's Operas, 1704-1726
The first volume of this monumental study of Handel's operatic works, covering the first seventeen operas. This first of the classic two-volume sur...
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$21.95The Verdi Baritone Studies in the Development of Dramatic Character
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...
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$19.99Opera for All Seasons 60 Years of Indiana University Opera Theater
From operas presented in reconfigured army barracks to those mounted on a stage rivaling that of New York's Metropolitan Opera House, Indiana Unive...
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$43.95Opera Coaching
by, Alan Montgomery "Opera Coaching "is the first practical guide for pianists, singers, and opera producers to this important--and often neglected...
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$59.95Operetta A Theatrical History
by, Richard Traubner "Operetta: A Theatrical History" is considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, fi...
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$19.98Magic Flute
This is an in depth overview of the creation & development of the opera Magic Flute by artist Jun Kaneko. In 2009 the San Francisco Opera commi...
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