Music: Styles & Genres

Opera is traditionally regarded as an elitist art form far removed from reality by its fantastical plots and melodramatic divas. This book shows th...

A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera, by one of Britain's leading intellectuals Wagner's last music-drama tells the ...

La Boheme, Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly - Puccini's operas are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. 'Nessun dorma...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled ...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), once one of the most well-known and well-loved names in French 19th-century opera, came later in life than...

Bring my goat! Porgy exclaims in the final scene of Gershwins opera Porgy and Bess. Bess, whom he loves, has left for New York City, and hes determ...

This book contains analyses of the stories and music of nine operas, presented in chronological order from 1791 to 1928. These great works are m...

With her superb coloratura soprano, passion for the world of opera, and down-to-earth personality, Beverly Sills made high art accessible to millio...

Singing in Signs: New Semiotic Explorations of Opera offers a bold and refreshing assessment of the state of opera study as seen through the lens o...

A superb new translation of the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycle'Smiling in sorrowI sing of love'The Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner's epic cycle of fo...

Sarah Caldwell, the leader of the Opera Company of Boston from 1958-1990, was a groundbreaking and idiosyncratic woman who established her own c...

These Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. The collection includes the following: Opera Guide 1: La Cenerentola - Gioachino Rossini ...