The Harper Dictionary of Opera and Operetta
by By Anderson, James
Category: Music , General

Published in Great Britain as  Bloomsbury dictionary...  (1989). Over 4,500 paragraph-long entries cover composers, works, technical terms, performers, houses, and companies. Also includes critics, musicologists, producers and administrators, and such topics as famous arias, duets, and deaths. Appendices provide a chronology and a list of recordings. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.