num_pages: 1168
description: Provides a a close-up look at nearly two thousand operatic works by some 850 composers, with biographical sketches containing entries for each composer's important works, each work's genre and duration, the librettist and the libretto's source, the premiere dates, a synopsis, and a musical discussion. Original.
language: English
title: The New Penguin Opera Guide
titlecomplete: The New Penguin Opera Guide
genres: Music, Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Penguin Books