A history of opera : the last four hundred years

Abbate, Carolyn. (Author). Parker, Roger, 1951- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780713996333
ISBN: 0713996331
Physical Description: print
xix, 603 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-578) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Opera's first centennial -- Opera seria -- Discipline -- Opera buffa and Mozart's line of beauty -- Singing and speaking before 1800 -- The German problem -- Rossini and transition -- The tenor comes of age -- Young Verdi -- Grand opera -- Young Wagner -- Opéra comique, the crucible -- Old Wagner -- Verdi : older still -- Realism and clamour -- Turning point -- Modern speech -- We are alone in the forest.