Opera
Subtitle: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres And Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597-2000
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: January 22, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780786409594
Subjects: Opera; Reference works; Performing Arts/Dance; Performing Arts; Music/Songbooks; Reference; Genres & Styles - Opera; History & Criticism - General; Reference / Encyclopedias; Encyclopedias
Description: "This work includes entries for 1,153 first performances of operas from Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Russia. Entries offer details about key persons, arias, other significant performances, interesting facts, and date and location of each premiere. There is a biographical dictionary with 1,288 entries on historical and modern operatic singers"--Provided by publisher.