The Oxford Dictionary of Opera

Great Britain: Oxford University Press. Fine/Very Good. 1992. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0198691645 Hardcover Hardcover. First Edition. The Oxford Dictionary of Opera by John Warrack and Ewen West. Very slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Slightly sunned spine to D/J. This book covers all aspects of the historical development and present dtanding of opera. The 4,500 entries include: 750 articles on composers of opera with worklists and bibliographies. 600 entries on individual operas with synopses, first performance details, and orginal casts. 900 biographies of singers with debut, style, reoutation, and main roles. 350 entries on specialist terms, from simple definitions to detailed accounts. Plus: Operatic roles. Well-known arias, choruses, scenes and interludes. Linrettists, writers, and poets. Sources in history, myth and legend. Conductors of opera. Producers and entrepreneurs. Directors and designers. Opera-houses and festivals. Opera companies and institutions. Opera in countries, towns and cities. Influential musicologists, philosophers and critics. Miscellaneous topics, such as children's opera. 782 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .