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Vincenzo Bellini: Norma - Norma

by David R. B. (University Of Edinburgh) Kimbell

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 Norma is by common consent the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career. In this 1998 book, Professor Kimbell provides the biographical and cultural context of the opera, examines its artistic qualities and suggests something of the impression Norma has made since it was first produced.
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Richard Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde - Tristan Und Isolde

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 Wagner's Tristan und Isolde has fascinated audiences since its first performance in 1865, its advanced harmonic language marking a defining moment in the evolution of modern music. This accessible handbook - perfect for scholars, students, performers and opera-goers alike - examines the opera's genesis, libretto, music, performance and reception.
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Richard Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde

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 Wagner's Tristan und Isolde has fascinated audiences since its first performance in 1865, its advanced harmonic language marking a defining moment in the evolution of modern music. This accessible handbook - perfect for scholars, students, performers and opera-goers alike - examines the opera's genesis, libretto, music, performance and reception.
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Benjamin Britten: The Turn Of The Screw - The Turn Of The Screw

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 This book is designed to introduce the non-specialist music lover to Britten's opera, The Turn of the Screw. The book is generously illustrated and there is also a bibliography and discography.
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Giuseppe Verdi: Otello - Otello

by James A. Hepokoski

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 Both a reliable summary of what is currently known about Otello and an interpretation of the significance of the work within Verdi's career. There is a detailed synopsis, an analysis of how the opera was actually written and the book concludes with a study of the opera as a work of Shakespearean adaptation.
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Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff - Falstaff

by James A. Hepokoski

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 Incorporating the findings of the most recent research, this compact and up-to-date guide to Verdi's Falstaff provides a reliable summary of what is currently known about the work. It includes a synopsis of the plot and an account both of Verdi's aims in composing the opera and of how he actually composed it.
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Claude Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande - Pelleas Et Melisande

by Richard Langham Smith e Roger Nichols

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 This is the first comprehensive guide to PellÃ©as et MÃ©lisande, Debussy's only completed opera, written by three of the leading authorities on French music of the period. Contains discussion of play's literacy roots, the genesis and composition of the opera, and Debussy's musical responses to the text.
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Richard Strauss: Arabella - Arabella

by Kenneth Birkin

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 The first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's opera, Arabella.
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Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes - Peter Grimes

by Philip Brett

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 Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes is one of the few operas of the last half-century to have gained a secure place in the repertory. Its appearance in 1945 shortly after the end of the war in Europe was a milestone in operatic history as well as in British music.
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Modest Musorgsky And Boris Godunov - Myths, Realities, Reconsiderations

by Caryl (Princeton University, New Jersey) Emerson e Robert William (Arizona State University) Oldani

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 Caryl Emerson (a literary specialist) and Robert William Oldani (a music historian) take a comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky's Boris Godunov.
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Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens - Les Troyens

by Ian Kemp

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 This is a series of studies of individual operas written for the opera-goer or record-collector as well as the student or scholar. Each volume has three main concerns: historical, analytical and interpretative.
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Richard Strauss - Elektra

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 The contributions to this handbook bring together a full-length study of Elektra in English. The volume examines the many facets of one of Richard Strauss's most complex operas.
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Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera - The Threepenny Opera

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 This is a book on the best known of the Weill-Brecht collaborations which explores the extent and significance of the composer's contribution.
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Alban Berg: Lulu - Lulu

by Douglas Jarman

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 This book is a guide to Berg's second opera, Lulu, written in non-technical language and intended for those students and music lovers wishing to become familiar with one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century music. Jarman presents a clear and concise introduction to the musical language and to the intricate musical and dramatic structure of Berg's opera.
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Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg

by John Warrack

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 Die Meistersinger von NÃ¼rnberg is Wagner's only mature comedy, and one of the richest and most profound in the history of music. This book presents an informative and stimulating study of an opera that occupies a particular place in music lovers' affections, yet always has more to reveal. The volume includes a full synopsis, bibliography and three appendices.
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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Fidelio - Fidelio

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 This book explores the fascinating musical and dramatic elements within Fidelio, Beethoven's only complete opera - one of the most admired and problematic in the repertoire. The book contains a comparison of the opera's first and final version, a consideration of its musical idiom and its performance history. It includes a synopsis, blurb, bibliography and illustrations.
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W. A. Mozart: Idomeneo - Idomeneo

by Julian Rushton

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 Idomeneo, Mozart's greatest opera seria, was composed for the finest orchestra in Germany and some excellent singers. This comprehensive guide charts the genesis of the opera, based on the composer's own accounts in his letters home.
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Alban Berg: Wozzeck - Wozzeck

by Douglas Jarman

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 Douglas Jarman's study provides a clear and accessible introduction to one of the most significant operas of the twentieth century. He places it in the context to the radical developments in musical language during the early decades of the century and of the development of Berg's own musical style.
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W. A. Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro - Le Nozze Di Figaro

by Tim (Royal Holloway, University Of London) Carter

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 Le Nozze di Figaro (1786) contains a remarkable mixture of all those elements that go to produce a good opera: a sound plot, a well-structured text and fine music. This opera handbook examines the work from historical and musical perspectives, to set it in the context of Mozart's age.
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Giacomo Puccini: Tosca - Tosca

by Mosco Carner

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 This guide for opera goers to Tosca includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it, and discusses the style of the opera. The book also aims to present opinions that have been expressed by various critics about the opera since its first production.
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C. W. Von Gluck: Orfeo - Orfeo

by Patricia Howard e Richard Wagner

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 This book explains how and why Gluck's historically important and best-loved opera Orfeo came into existence, shows why it has retained its popularity, and describes how the opera has been reinterpreted throughout the past two hundred years from its first performance.
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Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme - La Bohame

by Arthur (Cornell University, New York) Groos e Roger (Cornell University, New York) Parker

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 This guide presents a unique collection of critical, analytical and documentary essays on Puccini's most popular opera. It includes new studies on the background to Parisian bohemianism, Puccini's musical language, and the opera's stage history as well as the genesis of the opera, the structure of the libretto, and aspects of the work's reception.
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Richard Strauss: Salome - Salome

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 This full-length study of Salome is the first in English since Lawrence Gilman's introductory guide of 1907. The handbook presents an informative collection of historical, critical and analytical studies of one of Strauss's most familiar operas.
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W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflote - Die Zauberflote

by Peter Branscombe

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 This book is a detailed study of Mozart's last opera. The sources for the opera are discussed, and there are chapters devoted to the composition of the work, the authorship and qualities of the libretto, the music, early productions and performance history, and the practical problems of directing a production.
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