The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia

The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia
Author: David Hamilton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1987
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780671617325

An elegant gift and comprehensive reference for opera lovers, The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia draws on the talents and resources of the world's greatest opera house. Describes singers, composers, operas and more. 250 black-and-white photographs.

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas
Author: John W. Freeman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1984
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393040517

Contains the plots of 150 of the world's most popular operas, short biographies of the 72 composers represented, plus background material pertinent to each work.

Encyclopedia of American Opera

Encyclopedia of American Opera
Author: Ken Wlaschin
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2024-10-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476612382

This encyclopedia lists, describes and cross-references everything to do with American opera: works (both operas and operettas), composers, librettists, singers, and source authors, along with relevant recordings. The approximately 1,750 entries range from ballad operas and composers of the 18th century to modern minimalists and video opera artists. Each opera entry consists of plot, history, premiere and cast, followed by a chronological listing of recordings, movies and videos.

The Metropolitan Opera Cookbook

The Metropolitan Opera Cookbook
Author: Jules Jerome Bond
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1988
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781556700392

Features 180 recipes from past and present stars of the chorus and orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, including Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, and Maria Callas. Includes brief biographies, 200 photographs, and more. "The ultimate operatic dining experience".--Harper's Bazaar.

Encyclopedia of Homosexuality

Encyclopedia of Homosexuality
Author: Wayne R. Dynes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1116
Release: 2016-03-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317368118

First published in 1990, The Encyclopedia of Homosexuality brings together a collection of outstanding articles that were, at the time of this book’s original publication, classic, pioneering, and recent. Together, the two volumes provide scholarship on male and female homosexuality and bisexuality, and, reaching beyond questions of physical sexuality, they examine the effects of homophilia and homophobia on literature, art, religion, science, law, philosophy, society, and history. Many of the writings were considered to be controversial, and often contradictory, at that time, and refer to issues and difficulties that still exist today. This volume contains entries from M-Z.

Opera

Opera
Author: Guy A. Marco
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 655
Release: 2002-05-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 113557801X

Opera is the only guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles--over 2,000 more than the first edition--of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. Users will find the core literature on the operas of 320 individual composers and details of operatic life in 43 countries. All relevant works through to November 1999 have been considered, covering more than fifteen years of literature since the first edition was published.

Start-up at the New Met

Start-up at the New Met
Author: Paul Jackson
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781574671476

In this new work, Paul Jackson examines the decade that saw the move from the old house uptown to the technological marvel at Lincoln Center. There Rudolf Bing's final six years give way to four seasons of management turmoil until 1976, when James Levine was named music director and took hold of the Met's artistic future.

The Metropolitan Opera on Record

The Metropolitan Opera on Record
Author: Frederick P. Fellers
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-06-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1461664179

The Metropolitan Opera on Record: A Discography of the Commercial Recordings is a comprehensive listing of all the commercial sound recordings involving the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, one of the world's leading musical organizations. Over 900 recording sessions are listed chronologically, starting in 1906 and continuing through the last digital recordings conducted by James Levine in 1998. Entries include excerpts and complete recordings from more than 120 operas in various formats, representing more than 380 artists. The recordings are fully annotated, including the session date and location, the primary source of information, the opera title and composer, matrix number and speed of the recording, the artists performing, the recording company name and number, the format, and the release dates. In addition, Fellers provides a fascinating history of the Met recordings, from the first Leeds & Catlin recordings in the early 1900s to the digital recordings of the 1990s. Additional information on the Opera House String Orchestra and the Radio Broadcasts are included, as well as complete indexes listing the works by composer, title, and artist.