| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 627 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; DANIEL-FRANÇOIS-ESPRIT AUBER; SAMUEL BARBER; BÉLA BARTÓK; LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN; VINCENZO BELLINI; ALBAN BERG; HECTOR BERLIOZ; GEORGES BIZET; ALEXANDR BORODIN; BENJAMIN BRITTEN; FERRUCCIO BUSONI; EMMANUEL CHABRIER; GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER; FRANCESCO CILEA; DOMENICO CIMAROSA; LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA; CLAUDE DEBUSSY; LÉO DELIBES; GAETANO DONIZETTI; ANTONIN DVOR . ÁK; FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW; JOHN GAY; GEORGE GERSHWIN; UMBERTO GIORDANO; MIKHAIL GLINKA; CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK; CHARLES FRANÇOIS GOUNOD; FROMENTAL HALÉVY; GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL; HANS WERNER HENZE; PAUL HINDEMITH |
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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCKLEOS . JANÁC . EK; RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO; PIETRO MASCAGNI; JULES MASSENET; GIAN CARLO MENOTTI; GIACOMO MEYERBEER; CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI; DOUGLAS S. MOORE; WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART; MODEST MUSSORGSKY; JACQUES OFFENBACH; HANS PFITZNER; AMILCARE PONCHIELLI; FRANCIS POULENC; SERGEI PROKOFIEV; GIACOMO PUCCINI; HENRY PURCELL; MAURICE RAVEL; NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; GIOACHINO ROSSINI; CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS; ARNOLD SCHOENBERG; DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH; BEDR . ICH SMETANA; JOHANN STRAUSS II; RICHARD STRAUSS; IGOR STRAVINSKY; KAROL SZYMANOWSKI; PETER ILITSCH TCHAIKOVSKY; MICHAEL TIPPETT |
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GIUSEPPE VERDIRICHARD WAGNER; CARL MARIA VON WEBER; KURT WEILL; BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN; Index of Titles; General Index |
| Summary |
This is a work on 175 operas by 63 different composers. The selected operas are those most frequently encountered in opera houses or on recordings. Each entry will set the opera within the context of its composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music and give relevant background information on the provenance of the libretto, for example. Details of the first performance, and subsequent performance history will be given, as well as guidance on the relative quality of available recordings. The Yale Companion to Opera targets the regular opera-goer and the committed newcomer, rather than the academic specialist or the oneoff attender. It is not an encyclopaedia, covering every known opera, but only those with a realistic chance of public performance. It is equally concerned with the music, the plot, the libretto and the staging, and seeks to enhance the appreciation of the intelligent opera-goer |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
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In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
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MUSIC -- General.
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Operas
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| Genre/Form |
Stories, plots, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004107445 |
| ISBN |
9780300130812 |
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0300130813 |
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9786611730932 |
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6611730931 |
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