Opera on record / edited by Alan Blyth ; discographies compiled by Malcolm Walker.

Other author Blyth, Alan.
Other author Walker, Malcom, compiler.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Hutchinson, 1979.
Description663 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 noteIncludes index.
General noteFirst volume of a 3-volume set.
LCCN 80451157
ISBN0091399807 :
ISBN9780091399801 (v. 1)

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