Classical, Opera, Operetta, Musical

One of the late twentieth century’s most celebrated and influential public intellectuals, Edward W. Said was also a critic of astonishing range. This book presents his insightful and elegant analyses …

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, …

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. …

‘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 …

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, co …

Analyzing Opera: Verdi and Wagner explores the latest developments in opera analysis by considering, side by side, the works of the two greatest opera composers of the nineteenth century. Although th …

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 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 …

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on 25 of May 1803 in Boston and was a famous writer, American philosopher and poet. The Naturalist and The Poet was published in 1836 and is considered one of the most im …

After 50 years of analysis we are only beginning to understand the quality and complexity of Alban Berg’s most important twelve-tone work, the opera Lulu. Patricia Hall’s new book represents a primar …