Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Bibliographies:
The chorus in opera: a guide to the repertory
DeVenney, David P.
Johnson, Craig R.
1993
Choral music – Bibliography
Opera – Bibliography
ML128 .C48 D47 1993
Cross index title guide to opera and operetta
Pallay, Steven G.
1989
Opera – Bibliography
Operetta – Bibliography
ML128 .O4 P3 1989
Opera: a research and information guide
Marco, Guy A.
2001
Opera – Bibliography
ML128 .O4 M28 2001
An Illustration guide to composers of opera
Gammond, Peter
1980
Composers
Opera – Bio-bibliography
ML390 .I29 1980b
Opera librettists and their works
Parsons, Charles H.
1987
Librettists – Dictionaries
Opera – Bio-bibliography – Dictionaries
ML102 .O6 1986 v.5
ML102 .O6 1986 v.6
The Grove book of opera singers
Macy, Laura
2008
Singers—Biography—Dictionaries
Opera-Biography-Dictionaries
Operas-Characters—Dictionaries
ML102.O6 G76 2008
The Penguin concise guide to opera
Holden, Amanda
2005
Opera-Bibliography-Dictionaries
ML102.O6 P458 2005
The chronicle of opera
Raeburn, Michael
1948
Opera-Chronology
ML1700.R27 1998
The Paris Opera: an encyclopedia of operas, ballets, composers, and performers
Pitou, Spire
1983
Opera de Paris—history
Opera—France—Paris—dictionaries
ML1727.8 .P2 P5 1983 v.1
ML1727.8 .P2 P5 1983 v.2
ML1727.8 .P2 P5 1983 v.3 A-L
ML1727.8 .P2 P5 1983 v.4 M-Z
Annals of opera, 1597-1940
Leowenberg, Alfred
1978
Opera—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 L6 1978
Baker’s dictionary of opera
Kuhn, Laura Diane
2000
Opera—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 B26 2000
The Harper dictionary of opera and operetta
Anderson, James
1990
Opera—dictionaries
Operetta—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 A6 1990
The dictionary of the opera
Osborne, Charles
2001
Opera—dictionaries
Musicians—biography—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 O8 2001
Enciclopedia dello spettacolo
1954
Theater—dictionaries
Opera—dictionaries
Motion pictures—dictionaries
PN1625 .E7 v.1-9
American operas: a checklist
Borroff, Edith
1992
Opera – United States –Bibliography
ML 128.O4 B58 1992
Twentieth century opera in England and the United States
Northouse, Cameron
1976
Opera – England – Bibliography
Opera – United States – Bibliography
ML 128.O4 N7
Blacks in opera: an encyclopedia of people and companies
Smith, Eric Ledell
1995
Opera – United States – Dictionaries
African American Musicians – Biography – Dictionaries
African American Musicians – Bibliography
Opera – United States – Bio-bibliography – Dictionaries
Opera Companies – United States – Dictionaries
ML 102.O6 S6 1995
Encyclopedia of American opera
Wlaschin, Ken
2006
Opera – United States – Encyclopedias
ML 102.O6 W53 2006
Guide to operatic duets
Boldrey, Richard
1994
Opera—dictionaries
Operas—bibliography
Vocal duets—bibliography
ML102 .O6 B64 1994
Guide to Operatic roles and arias
Boldrey, Richard
1994
Opera—dictionaries
Operas—bibliography
Operas—excerpts—bibliography
ML102 .O6 B63 1994
International dictionary of opera
LaRue, C. Steven
1993
Opera—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 I6 1993 v.1-2
The New Grove dictionary of opera
Sadie, Stanley
1992
Opera—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 N5 1992 v.1-4
The New Grove masters of Italian opera: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini
Gossett, Philip
1983
Composers – Italy – Biography
Opera – Italy – Biography
ML 390.N466 1983
Opera premiere reviews and re-assessments: a listing
Parson, Charles H.
1997
Opera – Reviews – Indexes
Opera – First performances
ML102 .O6 P25 1986 v.19
The new Penguin opera guide
Holden, Amanda
2001
Opera—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 V55 2001
Opera composers and their works
Parsons, Charles H.
1986
Opera—dictionaries
Composers—Bio-bibliography
ML102 .O6 P25 1986 v.1-4
Opera: composers, works, performers
Batta, Andras
2000
Opera—dictionaries
ML102 .O6 O6213 2000
Operas in English: a dictionary
Griffel, Margaret Ross
1999
Opera – Dictionaries
ML102 .O6 G74 1999
Operas in German: a dictionary
Griffel, Margaret Ross
1990
Opera – Dictionaries
ML102 .O6 G74 1990
The Oxford dictionary of opera
Warrack, John Hamilton
1992
Opera – Dictionaries
ML102 .O6 W37 1992
The world of opera; the story of its origins and the lore of its performance
Brockway, Wallace
1962
Opera
Opera – Dictionaries
ML1700 .B86 O7 1962
Opera for libraries: a guide to core works, audio and video recordings, books and serials
McCants, Clyde T
2003
Opera – Bibliography
Opera – Discography
Music libraries – Collection development
ML128 .O4 M21 2003
Opera: the rough guide
Boyden, Matthew
1997
Opera
Opera – Discography
Compact discs – catalogs
ML1700 .B69 1997
The New Grove guide to Wagner and his operas
Millington, Barry
2006
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Operas
Opera
ML410 .W13 W114 2006
The Cambridge companion to grand opera
Charlton, David
2003
Opera
ML1700 .C16 2003
The Cambridge companion to twentieth-century opera
Cooke, Mervyn
2005
Opera – 20th century
ML1700 .C17 2005
Opera, thirty all-time great recordings
2002
Opera – Discography
ML1700 .O63 2002
The Grove book of operas
Sadie, Stanley
2006
Opera – Encyclopedias
ML102 .O6 N48 2006
Opera: an encyclopedia of world premieres and significant performances, singers, composers, librettists, arias and conductors, 1597-2000
Mesa, Franklin
2007
Opera – Encyclopedias
ML102 .O6 M45 2007
Histories:
Opera, a concise history
Orrey, Leslie
1987
Opera
ML1700 .O77 1987
Operetta: a theatrical history
Traubner, Richard
Operetta
2003
ML1900.T72003
American operetta: from the H.M.S. Pinafore to Sweeney Todd
Bordman, Gerald martin
191
Operetta – United States
ML1900 .B67
The rise of romantic opera
Dent, Edward Joseph
1976
Opera
ML1794 .D46
American popular stage music, 1860-1880
Root, Deane L
1981
Musicals – United States – 19th century – History and criticism
Opera – United States – 19th century
Operetta – United States – 19th century
Dissertations, Academic
ML1711 .R66 1981a
The prima donna and opera, 1815-1930
Rutherford, Susan
2006
Opera
Prima donna (Singers)
Acting in opera
ML1700 .R88 2006
A short history of opera
Grout, Donald Jay
2003
Opera
ML1700 .G83 2003
Opera in history: from Monteverdi to Cage
Lindenberger, Herbert Samuel
1998
Opera
ML1700 .L54 1998
The Oxford history of opera
Parker, Roger
1996
Opera
ML1700 .O92 1996
The Oxford illustrated history of opera
Parker, Roger
1994
Opera
Opera – Pictorial works
ML1700 .O95 1994
History of the opera: from Monteverdi to Donizetti
Edwards, H. Sutherland
1977
Opera
ML1700 .E26 1977
French Baroque opera: a reader
Wood, Caroline
2000
Opera—France – History – 17th century – Source
Opera – France – History – 18th century – Sources
ML1727 .W64 2000
How opera grew; from ancient Greece to the present day [by] Ethel Peyser and Marion Bauer
Peyser, Ethel R.
1956
Opera
ML1700 .B26
Opera seria and the evolution of classical style, 1755-1772
Weimer, Eric
1984
Opera – 18th century
ML1704 .W44 1984
A history of English opera
White, Eric Walter
1983
Opera – England – History and criticism
ML1731 .W58 1983
The assoluta voice in opera, 1797-1847
Riggs, Geoffrey S.
2003
Singing – History
Opera – 19th century
Style, Musical
ML1460 .R54 2003
Dramma per musica: Italian opera seria of the eighteenth century
Strohm, Reinhard
1997
Opera – Italy- - 18th century
ML1733.3 .S87 1997
The opera industry in Italy from Cimarosa to Verdi: the role of the impresario
Rosselli, John
1984
Opera – Italy – 18th century
Opera – Italy – 19th century
Impresarios – Italy
ML1733 .R78 1984
Opera in America: a cultural history
Dizikes, John
1993
Opera – United States
ML 1711.D6 1993
The American opera to 1790
Virga, Patricia H.
1982
Opera – United States
ML 1711.V4 1982
Composer Studies:
Sigmund Romberg [electronic resource]/ William A. Everett; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block, general editor.
Everett, William A.
2007
Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951
Operetta – United States – 20th century
Electronic books
E-RESOURCE
Benjamin Britten’s operas
Wilcox, Michael
1997
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Opera
ML410 .B853 W55 1997
Handel’s operas, 1704-1726
Dean, Winton
1995
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Operas
Opera
ML410 .H13 D37 1995
Essays on Handel and Italian opera
Strohm, Reinhard
1985
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Operas
Opera – Italy – 18th century
Opera – England – 18th century
ML410 .H13 S75 1985
Domenico Cimarosa: his life and his operas
Rossi, Nick
1999
Cimarosa, Domenico. 1749-1801
Composers – Italy – Biography
Cimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801. Operas
Opera – 18th century
ML410 .C57 R67 1999
Opera’s first master: the musical dramas of Claudio Monteverdi
Ringer, Mark
2006
Monteverdi, Claudio, 15671643. Operas
Opera – Italy – 17th century
ML410 .M77 R56 2006
Don Giovanni’s progress: a rake goes to the opera/ Mino Pirrotta; translated by Harris S. Saunders, Jr.
Pirrotta, Nino
1994
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni
Don Juan (Legendary character)
Opera – 17th Century
Opera – 18th Century
ML410 .M9 P577 1994
Mozart and his operas
Cairns, David
2006
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas
Opera – 18th Century
ML410 .M9 C253 2006
The Mozart-Da Ponte operas: the cultural and musical background to Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte
Steptoe, Andrew
1988
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Nozze di Figaro
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Così fan tutte
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
Opera – 18th century
ML410 .M9 S86 1988
Mozart’s operas
Heartz, Daniel
1990
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas
Opera
ML410 .M9 H2 1990
Mozart’s operas
Angermüller, Rudolph
1988
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas
Opera
ML410 .M9 A813 1988
Recognition in Mozart’s operas
Waldoff, Jessica Pauline
2006
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas
Opera 18th century
ML410 .M9 W23 2006
Music in the theater: essays on Verdi and other composers
Petrobelli, Pierluigi
1994
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Operas
Opera
ML410 .V4 P28 1994
The operas of Verdi
Budden, Julian
1992
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Operas
Opera
ML410. V4 B88 1991 v.1, v.2, v.3
Verdi’s middle period, 1849-1859: source studies, analysis, and performance practice
Chusid, Martin
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Operas
Opera
ML410 .V4 V354 1997
Verdi’s Otello and Simon Boccanegra (revised version) in letters and documents
Busch, Hans
1988
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Simon Boccanegra
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 – Correspondence
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918 – Correspondence
Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912 – Correspondence
Opera
ML410 .V4 V36 1988 v.1, v.2
The complete operas of Richard Strauss
Osborne, Charles
1988
Strauss, Richard, 1864-149. Operas
Opera
Composers – Germany – Biography
ML41. S93 O83 1988
Handel’s operas, 1704-1726
Dean, Winton
1987
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Opera
ML410 .H13 D37 1987
The complete operas of Puccini: a critical guide
Osborne, Charles
1983
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Operas
Opera
ML410 .P89 O8 1983
Gluck and the opera; a study in musical history
Newman, Ernest
1967
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Opera
ML410 .G5 N3
Gluck and the birth of modern opera
Howard, Patricia
1963
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Opera
ML410 .G5 H67
Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera
Rice, John A.
1998
Salieri, Antonio, 1750-1825 – Criticism and interpretation
Opera – Austria – Vienna – 18th century
ML410 .S16 R53 1998
Giacomo Meyerbeer and music drama in nineteenth-century Paris
Everist, Mark
2005
Opera – France – Paris – 19th century – History and criticism
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Operas
ML1727.8 .P2 E929 2005
Wagner’s Ring in 1848: new translations of The Nibelung Myth and Siegfried’s Death
Wagner, Richard
2010
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen – Sources
Opera – Germany – 19th century – Sources
ML410 .W15 W1213 2010
Wagner beyond good and evil [electronic resource]
Deathridge, John
2008
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 – Criticism and interpretation
Opera – 19th century
Electronic books
UNI Internet – E-Resource
Donizetti and the world of opera in Italy, Paris and Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century
Weinstock, Herbert
1963
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848
Opera – Italy
Opera – France – Paris
Opera – Austria – Vienna
ML410 .D7 W4
Johann Strauss and Vienna: operetta and the politics of popular culture
Crittenden, Camille
2000
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Operettas
Opera – Austria – Vienna
ML410 .S91 C75 2000
Richard Wagner, the stage designs and productions from the premieres to the present
Bauer, Oswald Georg
1983
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 – Operas
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 – Dramatic Production
Opera – Production and Direction
ML 410.W13 B223 1983
Wagner and the art of the theatre
Carnegy, Patrick
2006
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 – Performances
Opera – Production and Direction – History
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 – Dramaturgy
ML 410.W13 C37 2006
The Puccini problem: opera, nationalism and modernity
Wilson, Alexandra
2007
Puccini, Giacomo, 1859-1924 – Criticism and interpretation
Opera – Italy – 19t century
Opera – Italy 20th century
Music – Social aspects – Italy
Performance & Production Issues:
Singing, acting and movement in opera
Clark, Mark Ross, 1951-
Acting in opera
2002
MT956. C65 2002 c.2
Bring soprano arias to life
Goldovsky, Boris
Singing---interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
1990
MT892.G64 1990
Performing power: a new approach for the singer-actor
Balk, H. Wesley
Acting in opera
1985
MT955. B216 1985
Opera manual: a handbook of practical operatic information
Central Opera Service
1956
Opera – Handbooks, manuals, etc
MT955 .C4 1956
Divas and scholars: performing Italian opera
Gossett, Philip
2006
Opera
Opera – Production and Direction
ML 1700.G7397 2006
Opera in context: essays on historical staging from the late Renaissance to the time of Puccini
Radice, Mark A.
1998
Opera – Production and Direction
MT 955.O54 1998
Operas in one act: a production guide
Summers, W. Franklin
1997
Opera – Production and Direction
Opera - Bibliography
MT 955.S86 1997
Opera workshop: studies in understanding and interpretation
Warren, Raymond
1995
Opera
Opera – Production and Direction
ML 1700.W3 1995
Diva: great sopranos and mezzos discuss their art
Matheopoulos, Helena
1992
Women singers – Interviews
Opera
ML400 .M359 1992
Opera Houses:
The Lyric Opera companion: the history, lore, and stories of the world’s greatest operas
Lyric Opera of Chicago
1991
Operas – Stories, plots, etc
Opera
MT95 .L97 1991
Grand opera; the story of the world’s leading opera houses and personalities
Gishford, Anthony
1972
Opera
Theaters
ML1700 .G53
Opera houses of Europe
Kaldor, Andras
1996
Theaters – Europe – Pictorial works
Theater architecture – Europe – Pictorial works
Theater in art
Opera – Europe
ML1720.K35 1996
Opera!: the guide to Western Europe’s great houses
Zietz, Karyl Lynn
1991
Opera – Europe
Theaters – Europe – Guidebooks
Europe – Guidebooks
ML1720 .Z53 1991
Opera companies of the United States: a comprehensive, illustrated reference
Zietz, Karyl Lynn
1995
Opera Companies – United States – Directories
Theaters – United States – Directories
Opera – United States
ML 13.Z54 1995
General:
The ultimate art: essays around and about opera
Littlejohn, David
1994
Opera
ML1700 .L59 1992
Opera and its symbols: the unity of words, music, and staging
Donington, Robert
1990
Opera
Symbolism in music
ML1700 .D665 1990
Osmin’s rage: philosophical reflections on opera, drama, and text
Kivy, Peter
1988
Opera
Music—Philosophy and aesthetics
ML3858 .K53 1988
Opera as drama
Kerman, Joseph
1988
Opera
ML3858 .K4 1988
Opera and the uses of language: Mozart, Verdi, and Britten
Corse, Sandra
1987
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Opera
Music and language
ML1700 .C7 1987
Music and theatre: essays in honour of Winton Dean
Dean, Winton
1987
Opera
Dean, Winton
ML55 .D36 1987
Prima donna: a history
Christiansen, Rupert
1985
Opera
Women singers
ML1700 .C56 1985
Demented, the world of the opera diva
Mordden, Ethan
1984
Opera
Women singers
ML1700 .M7 1984
Of poetry and music’s power: humanism and the creation of opera
Hanning, Barbara Russano
1980
Opera
Libretto
Humanism
ML1702 .H36
Opera in the twentieth century: sacred, profane, Godot
Mordden, Ethan
1978
Opera
Music—20th century
ML1705 .M67
Romantic opera and literary form
Conrad, Peter
1977
Music and literature
Libretto
Opera
Romanticism in music
ML2110 .C58
The opera omnibus: four centuries of critical give and take
Kolodin, Irving
1976
Opera
ML1700 .K65
Operanatomy: an eclectic introduction to the art of the conductor, instrumentalist, composer, producer, and to score reading
Alexander, Alfred
1974
Opera
ML1700 .A44 1974
Music and the theater, an introduction to opera
Pauly, Reinhard G
1970
Opera
ML1700 .P39
Opera: grand and not so grand
Philips-Matz, Mary Jane
1966
Opera
ML1700 .M18 O6
Opera as theater
Marek, George R.
1962
Operas – Stories, plots, etc
Opera
MT95 .M2
The castrati in opera
Heriot, Angus
1956
Singers
Castrati
Opera
ML400 .H47
Opera in the development of German critical thought
Flaherty, Gloria
1978
Opera – Germany – History and criticism
Opera – 18th century
Germany – Intellectual life
ML1729 .F6
Opera 1950-2000: a celebration of the first 50 tears
Milnes, Rodney
Allison, John
2000
Opera – 20th century
ML1706 .O64 2000
The opera of the twentieth century: a passionate art in transition
Schoell, William
2006
Opera – 20th century
ML1705 .S33 2006
Operatic subjects: the evolution of self in modern opera
Corse, Sandra
2000
Opera – 19th century
Opera – 20th century
Subjectivity in opera
Music – Philosophy and aesthetics
ML1700 .C73 2000
Musiktheater in Österreich: die Oper im 20
Tschulik, Norbert
1984
Opera – Austria – 20th century
High baroque culture and theatre in Vienna
Griffin, Robert A.
1972
Vienna (Austria) – Intellectual life
Opera – Austria – Vienna
Bunacini, Ludovico, 1636-1707
DB851 .G7
The Vienna Opera. [Translated by Richard Rickett]
Kralik, Heinrich
1963
Opera – Austria – Vienna
Hof-Operntheater (Vienna, Austria)
ML1723.8 .V6 K72
The culture of opera buffa in Mozart’s Vienna: a poetics of entertainment
Hunter, Mary Kathleen
1999
Opera – Austria – Vienna – 18th century
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas
ML1723.8 .V6 H86 1999
My road to opera: the recollections of Boris Goldovsky/ as told to Curtis Cate
Goldovsky, Boris
1979
Goldovsky, Boris
Opera – Biography
ML422 .G613 A3
French grand opera, an art and a business
Crosten, William Loran
1948
Opera-France-History and criticism
Opéra de Paris-History
ML1727.4 .C67 1948
Opera & ideas: from Mozart to Strauss
Robinson, Paul
1985
Opera – Europe
Opera
Song cycles – History and criticism
Europe – Intellectual life
ML1720 .R6 1985
Ballet and opera in the age of Giselle
Smith, Marian Elizabeth
2000
Opera – Europe – 19th century
Ballet – Europe – History – 19th century
Adam, Adolphe 1803-1856. Giselle
ML1720.4 .S65 2000
Mimomania [electronic resource]: music and gesture in nineteenth-century opera
Smart, Mary Ann
2004
Opera – Europe – 19th century.
Gesture in opera
Electronic books
E-RESOURCE
Oper in dieser Zeit; europäische Opernereignisse aus vier Jahrzehnten [von] H.H. Stuckeschmidt
Stuckenschmidt, Hans Heinz
1964
Opera – Europe – History and criticism
ML120.5 .S8
Opera for a new republic: the Zeitopern of Krenek, Weill, and Hindemith
Cook, Susan C
1988
Opera – Germany – 20th century
ML1729 C66 1988
Italian opera
Kimbell, David R.B
1991
Opera – Italy
ML1733 .K55 1991
Opera in theory and practice, image and myth
Bianconi, Lorenzo
2003
Opera – Italy
Opera – Italy – Dramaturgy
Opera – Social aspects – Italy
ML1733 .S7513 1998 v.6
Singers of Italian opera: the history of a profession
Roselli, John
1992
Singers
Opera – Italy
Singing – History
ML1460 .R68 1992
A history of bel canto
Celletti, Rodolfo
1996
Singing – History
Singers
Opera – Italy
ML460.C431 1996
Unsettling opera: staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky
Levin, David J.
2007
Opera – Dramaturgy
Opera – Production and Direction
Ml 3858.l48 2007
Directors in opera
2006
Opera Producers and Directors – Biography
Opera – Production and Direction
ML 406.D573 2006 pt.1
ML 406.D573 2006 pt.2
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