The Opera Book (Revised and Enlarged)

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xvi, 603 pp. "Among the hundred and ten operas the stories of which are told in this book are all the grand operas that have been put upon the stage during the last five seasons, i n the four opera centers of the eastern United States--New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston--and also half a dozen others whose premiere or first American production or American revival is announced for the coming season by one or another of the leading companies. Therefore, the book contains the larger number of the grand operas that remain in repertory throughout this country and Canada, as well as on the English and European stages. It includes the favorites among the older operas and several significant new ones, some of American composition." Show more