The Oxford dictionary of opera
By: John Warrack and Ewan West.
Contributors: West, Ewan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 782
Subjects: Opera -- Dictionaries
Description: Over 4,500 entries on individual composers; operatic works; principal operatic roles; well-known arias, choruses, scenes, and interludes; sources of ideas for operas; details of librettists and their sources; singers, conductors, producers, directors, designers, and entrepreneurs; histories of opera-houses, companies, institutions, and festivals; history of opera in individual countries; those whose thought influenced opera; and specialized terms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [ix]-xiii).