| Abstract |
This book is a fully revised and updated edition of the most comprehensive single-volume opera encyclopedia ever published. In the course of hundreds of meticulously researched articles, covering nearly 850 composers and around 2,000 works, it explores the complete operas of figures as diverse as Bellini and Britten, Handel and Hindemith, Massenet and Monteverdi, Weber and Weill. It offers fresh insights into such perennial favorites as Mozart, Verdi, and Wagner and brings the reader right up to date with the latest operas by contemporary composers worldwide. For every composer, there is an outline of their operatic career as an assessment of their contribution to the genre, written by a leading expert. |
