ABSTRACT

Opera is the only guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles--over 2,000 more than the first edition--of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. Users will find the core literature on the operas of 320 individual composers and details of operatic life in 43 countries. All relevant works through to November 1999 have been considered, covering more than fifteen years of literature since the first edition was published.

chapter I|4 pages

Bibliographies

All Topics

chapter II|8 pages

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Music in General

chapter III|12 pages

Histories

Music in General

part IV|2 pages

Editions and Excerpts

chapter V|4 pages

Libraries

Catalogues

chapter VI|4 pages

Opera Houses

part VII|2 pages

International Directories

chapter VIII|4 pages

Periodicals, Yearbooks, and Series

chapter IX|6 pages

Biographies

Indexes and Bibliographies

chapter X|4 pages

Opera Plots

Indexes

chapter XI|12 pages

Libretti and Librettists

Bibliographies

chapter XII|18 pages

Production

Bibliographies

chapter XIII|12 pages

Philosophy and Theory of Opera

part XIV|2 pages

Analysis

chapter XV|4 pages

Critics and Criticism 95

chapter XVI|4 pages

Opera Recordings and Discography

chapter XVII|294 pages

Composers and Their Operas

chapter XVIII|126 pages

Countries