The Random House book of opera stories
By: retold by Adèle Geras ; illustrations by Ian Beck ... [et al.] ; costume designs by Rosemary Vercoe.
Contributors: Beck, Ian, ill.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Operas -- Stories, plots, etc. -- Juvenile literature; Operas -- Stories, plots, etc
Other titles: Book of opera stories
Notes: Originally published: The Orchard book of opera stories. London : Orchard Books, 1997.
Table of contents: title: The magic flute, or, The test of true love / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; illustrations by Jane Ray; title: Aida, or, Two lovelorn princesses / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; illustrations by Louise Brierley; title: Carmen, or, The gypsy and the soldier / music by Georges Bizet ; illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark; title: The cunning little vixen, or, Forest magic / music by Leoš Janáček ; illustrations by Ian Beck; title: Turandot, or, The ice maiden / music by Giacomo Puccini ; illustrations by Sheila Moxley; title: Cinderella, or, The triumph of goodness / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; illustrations by Susan Field; title: Hansel and Gretel, or, The defeat of the nibbling witch / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; illustrations by Sophie Windham; title: The love for three oranges, or, A somewhat silly story! / music by Sergei Prokofiev ; illustrations by Katya Mikhailovsky.