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German Opera: From the Beginnings to Wagner (Cambridge Studies in Opera) by John Warrack Publisher Comments This wide-ranging history explores German opera from its primitive origins up to Wagner.... (read more) Your price: $173.95 New - Hardcover 
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*madama Butterfly (01 Edition) by Burton D Fisher Publisher Comments Complete LIBRETTO of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY. A NEW TRANSLATION by Opera Journeys Publishing that features Music Highlight Examples placed appropriately within the dramatic flow of the text.... (read more) List Price $11.75 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate Publisher Comments Why does opera continue to attract new audiences at a time when the stream of original works that was once its lifeblood has dried to a trickle? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their modern retelling of the history of opera... (read more) Available November 2012 Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover 
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The King and I: The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary by Herbert Breslin Publisher Comments The King and I is the story of the thirty-six-year business relationship between Luciano Pavarotti and his manager Herbert Breslin, during which Breslin guided what he calls, justifiably, "the greatest career in classical music." During that... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mozart's the Marriage of Figaro (05 Edition) by Burton D. Fisher Publisher Comments Everything about Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Commentary and Analysis, Principal Characters, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight examples, a COMPLETE LIBRETTO that is newly translated and includes Music Highlight examples... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Richard Wagner: Self-Promotion and the Making of a Brand by Nicholas Vazsonyi Publisher Comments This book was first published 2010. All modern artists have had to market themselves in some way. Richard Wagner may just have done it better than anyone else. In a self-promotional effort that began around 1840 in Paris, and lasted for the remainder of... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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Tragic Manhood and Democracy by David A. J. Richards Synopsis What is tragedy? This work argues that it is, at once, art and science an absorbing art and precisely observed empirical inquiry into human psychology, whose subject matter is the dilemma of manhood under democracy. The author expands discussion of the... (read more) List Price $79.75 Your price: $46.00 New - Hardcover
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Life in Opera: Truth, Tempo, and Soul: Encounters with Stars, Innovators, and Leaders of Today's Opera World by Maria Cristi Necula Publisher Comments A groundbreaking collection of works about leading writers from the social, political, and artistic worlds. Step behind the glory-and-glamour enchantment of grand opera with this candid look at life in the opera world. Life in Opera: Truth, Tempo, and... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Verdi's Shakespeare: Men of the Theater by Garry Wills Publisher Comments A dazzling study of the operas Verdi adapted from Shakespeare- and a spellbinding account of their creation. In Verdi's Shakespeare, Pulitzer Prize winner and lifelong opera devotee Garry Wills explores the writing and staging of Verdi's three... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Verdi's: Rigoletto by Burton D. Fisher Publisher Comments A comprehensive guide to Verdi's RIGOLETTO, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 35 music highlight examples.... (read more) List Price $9.75 Your price: $8.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Opera Companion by George Whitney Martin Publisher Comments Back in print in a new edition, The Opera Companion has established itself over the years as a classic reference book for opera lovers, whether devoted or casual. Synopses of 47 of the most frequently performed operas (18 composers) are given with key... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $17.74 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Prelude; And, Transfiguration: From Tristan and Isolde (Norton Critical Scores) by Robert Bailey Publisher Comments Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. in some cases, the results of the original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Opera in Context: Essays on Historic Staging from the Late Renaissance to the Time of Puccini by Mark A. Radice Publisher Comments These essays by respected scholars examine representative operatic productions from diverse national schools and periods, together forming a comprehensive history of the staging techniques of opera over the centuries.... (read more) Your price: $44.95 New - Hardcover
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Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century France: The Politics of Halevy's La Juive (Cambridge Studies in Opera) by Diana R. Hallman Publisher Comments This is the first critical study of the nineteenth-century French grand opera La Juive (Paris Opera, 1835) a powerful and successful work by the leading dramatist and librettist, Eugene Scribe, and conservatoire-trained composer, Fromental Halevy... (read more) Your price: $95.75 New - Trade Paper
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The New Grove Guide to Verdi and His Operas (New Grove Operas) by Roger Parker Publisher Comments Each entry in this New Grove series of composers and their operas is based on articles in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, that feature information on the lives of individual composers, their works, their librettists and interpreters, and the places... (read more) Your price: $56.95 New - Hardcover
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Divas and Scholars (06 Edition) by Gossett Publisher Comments Winner of the 2007 Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society and the 2007 Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Divas and Scholars is a dazzling and beguiling account of how opera... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Hardcover
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La Rondine by Burton D. Fisher Publisher Comments A complete, newly translated libretto featuring foreign/English translation side-by-side, plus music examples.... (read more) List Price $11.75 Your price: $10.43 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Richard Strauss's Salome: Opera Classics Library Series by Burton D. Fisher Publisher Comments A comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's SALOME, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with German/English side-by side, and over 25 music highlight examples.... (read more) List Price $9.75 Your price: $8.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Thirty Arias for Mezzo-Soprano: Voice and Piano by H. E. Krehbiel Publisher Comments This rich selection of arias ranges from the dawn of Italian opera to the late 19th century and encompasses airs by Mozart, Handel, Monteverdi, Weber, Rossini, Donizetti, Bizet, Wagner, and other composers. Lyrics appear in the original languages and in... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Drama of Opera by Myer Fredman Synopsis This book is about the drama that takes place within the world of opera and provides an insight into how opera has evolved and its functions. The Creators describes some of the ways that composers use the language of music, and liaise with their... (read more) List Price $68.50 Your price: $55.00 New - Hardcover
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