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A continuation
of my listing of useful books about Opera -- opera
composers, opera singers, opera librettos, guides to
opera and reference books. All of the titles are also
linked to the Amazon
Books web site, where you can
read more about the books and even buy
them. In the interest of full disclosure, you
should know that I am an Amazon
Books Associate.
REFERENCE/GENERAL
INTEREST |
PLOT
SYNOPSES/LIBRETTI |
COMPOSERS
| MOZART
PUCCINI
| VERDI
| WAGNER
| SINGERS
PERFORMANCE
-- REVIEWS |
BOOKS
ABOUT RECORDS/VIDEOS |
CAMBRIDGE
OPERA HANDBOOKS
ENGLISH
OPERA HANDBOOKS |
THE OPERA
GUIDES
JUST FOR
FUN
BACK
TO PART I
PERFORMANCE
-- REVIEWS
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BOOKS
ABOUT RECORDS/VIDEOS
- A
Guide to Opera Recordings, by Ethan Mordden --
THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE.
The publisher is out of stock. If you would like to
purchase this title, we recommend that you occasionally
recheck the Amazon site to see if it's been
reprinted.
- Herman
Klein and the Gramophone : Being a Series of Essays on
the Bel Canto (1923 the Gramophone and the
Singer), by Herman Klein, William R. Moran --
A wonderful treasure trove of essays that Herman Klein
wrote for the Gramaphone Magazine in the 1920's; also
including his book on Bel Canto technique.
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
- An
Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias : A Handbook for
Singers, Coaches, Teachers and Students, by
Martial Singher
- Legendary
Voices, by Nigel Douglas -- Get the
Companion
CD.
- The
Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video, by
Paul Gruber (Preface), Metropolitan Opera(New York,
N.Y.)
- The
Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera, by
Paul Gruber (Editor)
- Opera
on CD : The Essential Guide to the Best CD Recordings of
100 Operas, by Alan Blyth
- Opera
on Video : The Essential Guide, by Alan
Blyth
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CAMBRIDGE
OPERA HANDBOOKS
- Vincenzo
Bellini : Norma, by David R. B. Kimbell --
Not Yet Available: You may still order
this title. Amazon will ship it to you when it is
released by the publisher.
- Claude
Debussy : Pelleas et Melisande, by Roger Nichols,
Richard Langham Smith
- W.A.
Mozart, Cosi Fan Tutte, by Bruce Alan Brown
- W.A.
Mozart : Die Zauberfloete, by Peter
Branscombe
- W.A.
Mozart : Idomeneo, by Julian Rushton
- W.A.
Mozart : Le Nozze Di Figaro, by Tim Carter
- Giuseppe
Verdi : Otello, by James Hepokoski
- Ludwig
Van Beethoven : Fidelio, by Paul Robinson
- Verdi
: Requiem, by David Rosen
- Richard
Wagner : Die Meistersinger Von Nuernberg, by John
Warrack
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ENGLISH
NATIONAL OPERA GUIDES
- Cosi
Fan Tutte : Mozart (English National Opera Guide, No.
23), by John Nicholas (Editor)
- Don
Giovanni (SPECIAL
ORDER), by Nicholas John
- Fidelio,
by Forbes Deane
- Jenufa
and Katya Kabanova (Opera Guide, No 33)
(SPECIAL ORDER), by
Leos Janecek, Nicholas John
- La
Traviata (SPECIAL
ORDER), by Nicholas John
- Marriage
of Figaro/Le Nozze Di Figaro, by Nicholas John
(Editor)
- Otello
(English National Opera Guide 7), by Nicholas
John
- The
Valkyrie/Die Walkuere (English National Opera Series, No
23), by Richard Wagner
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THE
OPERA GUIDES
- Aida,
by Guiseppe Verdi
- Arabella
(Opera Guide, 30), by Richard Straus
- The
Barber of Seville and Moses (Opera Guide, No 36),
by Giacomo Rossini
- Don
Carlos/Don Carlo (Opera Guide, No. 46), by
Giuseppe Verdi
- Eugene
Onegin (Opera Guide, No 38), by Pyotr
Tchaikovsky
- The
Force of Destiny/La Forza Del Destino
(SPECIAL ORDER), by
Giuseppe Verdi
- Macbeth
(Opera Guide, No 41), by Giuseppe Verdi
- Madam
Butterfly/Madama Butterfly (Opera Guide, No. 26),
by Giacomo Puccini
- Manon
(Opera Guide, No. 25), by Jules Massenet
- A
Masked Ball/Un Ballo in Maschera (Opera Guide, No.
40), by Giuseppe Verdi
- The
Operas of Monteverdi (Opera Guide, No. 45), by
Claudio Monteverdi
- Pelleas
and Melisande, by Claude Debussy
- Parsifal
(Opera Guide, No.34), by Richard Wagner
- Tannhaeuser
(Opera Guide, No. 39), by Richard Wagner
- Wozzeck
(Opera Guide, No. 42), by Alban Berg
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| PUCCINI
| VERDI
| WAGNER
SINGERS
| PERFORMANCE
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CAMBRIDGE
OPERA HANDBOOKS
ENGLISH
OPERA HANDBOOKS |
THE OPERA
GUIDES
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