Opera & Operetta Books

New and Published Books

1. Masculinity in Opera

   Edited by Philip Purvis

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   This book addresses the ways in which masculinity is negotiated, constructed, represented, and problematized within operatic music and practice. Although the consideration of masculine ontology and epistemology has pervaded cultural and sociological studies since the late 1980s, and masculinity has...

   Published June 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. Gioachino Rossini

   A Research and Information Guide, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Denise Gallo

   Series: Routledge Music Bibliographies

   Giochino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide is designed as a tool for those beginning to study the life and works of Gioachino Rossini as well as for those who wish to explore beyond the established biographies and commentaries. The first edition was published in 2001, and represented...

   Published January 10th 2010 by Routledge
3. Vincenzo Bellini

   A Guide to Research, 2nd Edition

   By Stephen Willier

   Series: Routledge Music Bibliographies

   This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work Norma, which is still regularly performed today at Covent Garden and by regional opera companies. 2001, the bicentennial anniversary...

   Published July 23rd 2009 by Routledge
4. Gaetano Donizetti

   A Research and Information Guide, 2nd Edition

   By James P. Cassaro

   Series: Routledge Music Bibliographies

   Gaetano Donizetti: A Research and Information Guide offers an annotated reference guide to the life and works of this important Italian opera composer. The book opens with a complete chronology of Donizetti's life (1797-1848) and career, relating it to contemporary events. The balance of the book...

   Published June 17th 2009 by Routledge
5. Opera Coaching

   By Alan Montgomery

   "Opera Coaching "is the first practical guide for pianists, singers, and opera producers to this important--and often neglected--career. The opera coach is a teacher who helps singers not only meet the physical and vocal demands of a score, but--like the dramatic coach--shapes their entire...

   Published March 20th 2006 by Routledge
6. Operetta

   A Theatrical History

   By Richard Traubner

   "Operetta: A Theatrical History" is considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, first published in 1983, is still recognized as the key history of the people and productions that made operetta a worldwide phenomenon. Beginning in mid-19th century Europe,...

   Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
7. Alice May

   Gilbert & Sullivan's First Prima Donna

   By Adrienne Simpson

   Series: Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre

   Published August 21st 2003 by Routledge
8. Between Opera and Cinema

   Edited by Jeongwon Joe, Rose Theresa

   Series: Critical and Cultural Musicology

   Leading scholars of opera and film explore the many ways these two seemingly unrelated genres have come together from the silent-film era to today....

   Published February 14th 2002 by Routledge
9. Opera's Second Death

   By Slavoj Zizek, Mladen Dolar

   Opera's Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera - the genre, its masterpieces, and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools, Slavoj Zizek and coauthor Mladen Dolar explore the strange compulsions that overpower characters in Mozart and Wagner, as well as our own desires to die...

   Published November 15th 2001 by Routledge
10. Italian Opera Since 1945

    By Raymond Fearn

    Series: Contemporary Music Studies

    First published in 1998...

    Published April 13th 1998 by Routledge