Bibliograph

The Oxford dictionary of opera, John Warrack and Ewan West

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The Oxford dictionary of opera, John Warrack and Ewan West

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-xiii)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Oxford dictionary of opera

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

25409395

Responsibility statement

John Warrack and Ewan West

Summary

Over 4,500 entries on individual composers; operatic works; principal operatic roles; well-known arias, choruses, scenes, and interludes; sources of ideas for operas; details of librettists and their sources; singers, conductors, producers, directors, designers, and entrepreneurs; histories of opera-houses, companies, institutions, and festivals; history of opera in individual countries; those whose thought influenced opera; and specialized terms

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Contributor