The genre of mélodrame à grand spectacle that emerged in the boulevard theatres of Paris in the 1790s - and which was quickly exported abroad - expre..
After more than three centuries of silence, the voice of Francesco Cavalli is being heard loud and clear on the operatic stages of the world. In the f..
Anthony R. DelDonna provides a rich study of operatic culture from 1775-1800. The book demonstrates how contemporary stage traditions, stimulated by t..
This music-analytical guide to John Adams's opera, Nixon in China presents detailed, in-depth analysis of the music tied to historical and political c..
Music continues to be immensely influential in key developments of theatrical practices. In this study of musicality in the theatre, David Roesner off..
Both in opera studies and in most operatic works, the singing body is taken for granted. Jelena Novak reintroduces an awareness of the physicality of ..
"Operetta: A Theatrical History" is considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, first published in 1983, i..
"Opera Coaching "is the first practical guide for pianists, singers, and opera producers to this important--and often neglected--career. The opera coa..
This volume reprints articles that cover an array of significant twentieth-century operas and critical questions about them. The anthologized articles..
This volume covers opera in Italy, France, England and the Americas during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914). The book is divided into four sect..
Opera in the first half of the eighteenth century saw the rise of the memorable composer and the memorable work. Recent research on this period has be..
The past four decades have seen an explosion in research regarding seventeenth-century opera. In addition to investigations of extant scores and libre..