The Oxford dictionary of opera af Joyce Bourne, John Warrack, Ewan West (Bog)

From Aachen, a city launching much young talent, to Zwischenspiel, the usual German term for intermezzo, this new reference contains some 4,500 entries, including 750 on opera composers (with bibliographies), 600 on individual operas, 900 biographies of singers, and 350 entries of specialist terms, along with hundreds covering directors, conductors, scenes, writers, critics. A pleasing 782 pages, lots of detail, covering all aspects of the historical development and present standing of opera; appropriate for virtually all libraries. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Med 4.500 artikler, der dækker alle større komponister med værklister og bibliografier, synopser af individuelle operaværker, biografier af performere, samt en række andre emner. Denne guide er uvurderlig for alle opera-elskere, opera-professionelle og alle, der har brug for hurtige og pålidelige informationer om emnet.