Opera 45

The first book to examine the classic Italian opera house in a global context. In Opera and the Built Environment, music scholar Laura Vasilyeva considers the remarkable mass construction of opera h……続きを見る

Nel Saggio sopra l’opera in musica, Francesco Algarotti affronta con lucidità e raffinatezza uno dei generi artistici più rappresentativi del Settecento europeo: il melodramma. Uomo di lettere, viag……続きを見る

Translated from the Italian, Cosi fan tutte means "That's how all women act"; the libretto, the last of three Lorenzo da Ponte wrote for Mozart, concerns the behavior of women, particularly the beha……続きを見る

An enduringly popular romantic spoof that has charmed countless listeners since its 1885 debut, The Mikado's appealing Japanese setting lends fresh novelty to Sullivan's winsome melodies and Gilbert……続きを見る

This rich collection of twenty-three soprano-range opera arias ranges from the dawn of Italian opera through the late 1800s, featuring early opera arias by Caccini, Campra, and Bononcini; works by e……続きを見る

"He [Wagner] has been much criticized for this strongly personal statement of a religious subject, which mingles the concepts of sacred and profane love; but in the light of modern knowledge, his in……続きを見る

Among musicologists and serious lovers of music, Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is generally considered the high point of orchestration in the musical tradition of nineteenth-century Europe. It shows i……続きを見る

One of Verdi's most popular opera, La Traviata is based on La Dame aux Camélias ("Camille"), the novel and play by Alexandre Dumas, fils that enthralled Parisian audiences of the 1850s with a stirri……続きを見る

This exemplary new edition of the vocal score of an enchanting operetta ー which has delighted audiences for over a century with its catchy melodies, its witty lyrics, and its madcap tale of tender-……続きを見る

"Logical, clear, convincing, and, in my modest judgment, dead right." ー Virgil Thomson, New York Herald Tribune "I recommend this volume highly." ー Maggie Teyte, Saturday Review "One of the most s……続きを見る

Two of opera's greatest names offer encouragement and useful advice to aspiring singers in this classic guide. Tenor Enrico Caruso and coloratura soprano Luisa Tetrazzini employ nontechnical terms t……続きを見る

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) began his career at the end of the Romantic period and his death signaled the end of the last major age of Italian opera. During his lifetime and in posterity, the compos……続きを見る

"La Bohème is perhaps Puccini's most nearly perfect opera." ー Hughes, Famous Puccini Operas. It has long been one of the world's most beloved musical works ー an instantly enchanting blend of charm……続きを見る

Jacques Offenbach (1819–80) ranks among the greatest composers of lighthearted operettas, and his famous songs continue to charm millions who know neither their names nor their composer. This volume……続きを見る

Romance, murder, and revenge ー Don Giovanni offers an ingenious blend of comic and tragic elements in recounting the adventures of a dashing libertine whose trail of seductions and abandonments lea……続きを見る

Mathilde Marchesi (1821–1913) was probably the most renowned singing teacher of the late nineteenth century. Herself the pupil of the great Manuel Garcia the Second and the associate of the unsurpas……続きを見る

This is the complete orchestral and vocal score of Mozart's Don Giovanni, considered by many to be the greatest opera ever written. This edition contains all the music Mozart wrote for Don Giovanni,……続きを見る

Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was not only a brilliant and innovative composer and the greatest piano virtuoso of the 19th century; he was also a generous popularizer of other composers' music. One of his……続きを見る

Now available for the first time in a sturdily produced, reasonably priced paperbound edition is the complete orchestral score of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, widely considered the greatest comi……続きを見る

"His pictures, which seemed to me then [aged 13] to be the very music made visible, plunged me a few fathoms deeper into my delight. I have seldom coveted anything as I coveted that book." ー C.S. L……続きを見る

This volume uses the historic staging and legacy of the 1903 production of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, directed and conducted by Gustav Mahler, to explore a wide range of interdisciplinary ……続きを見る

A second collection of well-loved Scottish Gaelic songs for home, school, and cèilidh. This follow-up volume continues the popular Òrain Cèilidh Teaghlaich series, bringing together a carefully chos……続きを見る