Opera on record / edited by Alan Blyth ; discographies compiled by Malcolm Walker.
| Other author | Blyth, Alan. |
| Other author | Walker, Malcom, compiler. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Hutchinson, 1979. |
| Description | 663 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- The operas of Monteverdi / Robert Henderson -- Gluck. Orfeo ed Euridice / Max Loppert -- Mozart. Idomeneo and La clemenza di Tito / William Mann ; Le nozze di Figaro / William Mann ; Don Giovanni / Lionel Salter ; Cosi fan tutte / Graham Sheffield ; Die Zauberflote / Peter Branscombe -- Beethoven. Fidelio / Lord Harewood -- Weber. Der Freischütz / Alan Blyth -- Rossini. Il barbiere di Siviglia / Richard Osborne -- Bellini. Norma / Andrew Porter -- Donizetti. L'elisir d'amore / Harold Rosenthal ; Lucia di Lammermoor / Charles Osborne ; Don Pasquale / Harold Rosenthal -- Verdi. Macbeth / Harold Rosenthal ; Rigoletto / Richard Osborne ; Il trovatore / John Higgins and Alan Blyth ; La traviata / Alan Jefferson ; Simon Boccanegra / Lord Harewood ; Un ballo in maschera / Lord Harewood ; La forza del destino / Lord Harewood ; Don Carlos / Lord Harewood ; Aida / John Steane ; Otello / Alan Blyth ; Falstaff / Harold Rosenthal -- Wagner. Der fliegende Holländer / William Mann ; Tannhäuser / John Steane ; Lohengrin / Charles Osborne ; Tristan und Isolde / Robin Holloway ; Der Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Richard Law ; Der Ring des Nibelungen / Alan Blyth ; Parsifal / Robin Holloway -- Gounod. Faust / Kenneth Furie -- Bizet. Carmen / Rodney Milnes -- Massenet. Manon / Alan Blyth ; Werther / Lord Harewood -- Mussorgsky. Boris Godunov / David Hamilton -- Tchaikovsky. Eugene Onegin / Alan Blyth -- Johann Strauss. Die Fledermaus / Alan Blyth -- Mascagni. Cavalleria rusticana ; Leoncavallo. Pagliacci / Charles Osborne -- Richard Strauss. Salome and Elektra ; Der Rosenkavalier / Alan Jefferson -- Puccini. La Bohème ; Tosca ; Madama Butterfly ; Turandot / Edward Greenfield -- Debussy. Pelléas et Mélisande / Felix Aprahamian -- Britten. Peter Grimes / Alan Blyth. |
| Abstract | This is a unique collection of writings by some of the most well-known and eminent critics of the day, including comments on over 5,000 recordings of more than fifty of the world's most popular operas, from Monteverdi to Britten. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | First volume of a 3-volume set. |
| LCCN | 80451157 |
| ISBN | 0091399807 : |
| ISBN | 9780091399801 (v. 1) |
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