This is a series of studies of individual operas written for the
opera-goer or record-collector as well as the student or scholar.
Each volume has three main concerns: historical, analytical and
interpretative. There is a detailed description of the genesis of
each work, the collaboration between librettist and composer, and
the first performance and subsequent stage history. A full synopsis
considers the opera as a structure of musical and dramatic effects,
and there is also a musical analysis of a section of the score. The
analysis, like the history, shades naturally into interpretation:
by a careful combination of new essays and excerpts from classic
statements the editors of the handbooks show how critical writing
about the opera, like the production and performance, can direct or
distort appreciation of its structural elements. A final section of
documents gives a select bibliography, a discography, and guides to
other sources. Each book is published in both hard covers and as a
paperback.
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