Clásica, Ópera, Zarzuela, Musical

Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as ‘a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in three acts.’ In 1907, Paul Dukas finished setting Maeterlinck’s libretto to music, …

‘Of the greatest significance . . . . The first volume of George Perle’s two volume study on the two operas of Alban Berg … is one of those few works of scholarship and analysis you can label …

From “the most imaginative director in the US” (New York Times) comes this generational work with a vision for transforming opera into a powerhouse cultural phenomenon. Visionary director Yuval Sha …

Opera is a fragile, complex art, but it flourished extravagantly in San Francisco during the Gold Rush years, a time when daily life in the city was filled with gambling, duels, murder, and suicide. …

In witty, bitchy letters passing between London and San Diego, two gay men who are intimate friends discuss their adventures and desires. Francis, a visiting professor of literature in California, an …

‘The first volume of Perle’s magnificent study focused on Wozuck … .Its successor, equally painstaking and perceptive, is if anything more invaluable, for the clouds of mystery around Berg’s second …

In this fun and light-hearted book, see the world of classical music as it’s never been seen before. Using flow charts, pie charts, Venn diagrams, checklists, graphs and other ingenious graphics, the …

The first feminist analysis of some of the most performed works in the American-opera canon, emphasizing the voices and perspectives of the sopranos who brought these operas to life. In the 1950s …

The history of opera and operettas in the Waterloo County/Region in Ontario Canada from 1880-2020. Features chapters on: Berlin Opera House, Scott’s Opera House, Twin City Operatic Society, Mabel Kru …

In 1921, Sergei Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges —one of the earliest, most famous examples of modernist opera—premiered in Chicago. Prokofiev’s source was a 1913 theatrical divertissement by Vsevo …