Focusing on Verdi's French operas, Giger shows how the composer acquired an ever better understanding of the various approaches to French versification while gradually bringing his works in line with French melodic aesthetic. In his first French o...

An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and afficionados, this volume contains act-by-act descriptions of operatic works ranging from the early seventeenth century masterworks of Monteverdi and Purcell to the modern classics of Menotti and ...

A NEWLY TRANSLATED LIBRETTO for Puccini's TURANDOT, featuring Music Highlight Examples.

A comprehensive guide to Rossini's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with over 35 Music Highlight Examples, a complete, newly translated LIBRETTO with English/Italian side-by-...

A lively and engaging memoir of one of opera's driving forces

OPERA CLASSICS LIBRARY addresses one of the most extraordinary collaborations in the history of opera: Mozart and Da Ponte, composer and librettist respectively for The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte. The text includes biogra...

A comprehensive guide to Wagner's THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG: THE RHINEGOLD, THE VALKYRIE, SIEGFRIED, and TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, featuring Principal Characters in each opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with over 90 Music Highlight Examples...

A complete, newly translated libretto featuring foreign/English translation side-by-side, plus music examples.

A complete, newly translated libretto featuring foreign/English translation side-by-side, plus music examples.

This practical guide to the integration of voice, acting, and movement in opera performance is especially designed for use in opera and musical theater workshops on the university level, and by beginning professional singers. Drawing on years of r...