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The Oxford Dictionary of Opera

Author : John Warrack

Publisher : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press

Page : 808 pages

File Size : 33,71 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Music

ISBN : 9780198691648

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Book Description

From Aachen, a city launching much young talent, to Zwischenspiel, the usual German term for intermezzo, this new reference contains some 4,500 entries, including 750 on opera composers (with bibliographies), 600 on individual operas, 900 biographies of singers, and 350 entries of specialist terms, along with hundreds covering directors, conductors, scenes, writers, critics. A pleasing 782 pages, lots of detail, covering all aspects of the historical development and present standing of opera; appropriate for virtually all libraries. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR



The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera

Author : John Warrack

Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks

Page : 594 pages

File Size : 46,52 MB

Release : 1996-03-07

Category : Music

ISBN : 0192800280

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Book Description

Derived from the full Oxford Dictionary of Opera, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of opera available in paperback. Fully revised for this new edition, with over 3,500 entries, it is designed to be accessible to all those who enjoy opera, whether at the opera-house oron record. * Composers and their works * Singers and their notable performances * Plot summaries and separate entries for well-known roles, arias, and choruses * Leading conductors, producers, and designers * Opera companies and festivals



The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera

Author : Harold D. Rosenthal

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 588 pages

File Size : 11,97 MB

Release : 1979

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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Contains entries on individual operas, composers, librettists, singers, conductors, technical terms and other subjects connected with opera.











A Dictionary of Opera Characters

Author : Joyce Bourne Kennedy

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 375 pages

File Size : 45,88 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Music

ISBN : 0199550395

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Book Description

A unique reference work containing over 2,500 A-Z entries on operatic characters. Includes synopses for over 200 operas and operettas, as well as feature articles written by well-known personalities from the world of opera, including Plácido Domingo and Dame Janet Baker. It is an essential book for anyone with an interest in opera.