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Performing Operas for Mozart
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 79.00A study of the Prague Italian opera company and its role in performing Mozart's works in the late eighteenth-century. more...
The Theatre Dictionary
Philosophical Library 1970; US$ 9.99Wilfred Granvilles Theatre Dictionary is an essential guide to the terms in British and American Drama, Opera, and Ballet, and this volume is of incomparable value for the student and practical theatre worker on either side of the Atlantic. It offers a fascinating compilation of technical jargon and colloquial slang pertaining to the business... more...
Ring Resounding
Random House 2012; US$ 22.66Nothing in the history of recording approaches Decca's mammoth venture in producing Wagner's Ring complete for the first time. It was eight years in the making and this book tells the story of how it was made and the people who made it, written by the man who - as the recording producer - was in charge of the whole project. Conducted by the... more...
Opera in the Age of Rousseau
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 92.00A wide-ranging account of opera on stage and in society in the age of Rousseau, from Rameau to Gluck. more...
Harrison Birtwistle's Operas and Music Theatre
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 88.00A definitive source study of the stage works of Harrison Birtwistle, one of Britain's foremost living composers. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Wagner
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 26.00Leading specialists explore a wide range of topics and issues surrounding the influential and controversial figure Richard Wagner. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 24.00An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 25.00Summarizing the recent resurgence of scholarly interest in Strauss, this volume focuses on genres, social context, and perennially controversial topics. more...
Death-Devoted Heart
Oxford University Press, USA 2003; US$ 18.99A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another's arms. While critics have lauded Wagner's Tristan and Isolde for the originality and subtlety of the music, they have denounced the drama as a "mere... more...









