The New Grove Masters of Italian Opera
Subtitle: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini (The New Grove)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: October 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780393303612
First sentence: No composer in the first half of the 19th century enjoyed the measure of prestige, wealth, popular acclaim or artistic influence that belonged to Rossini.