Great operas : the definitive treatment of their history, stories, and music. / Ernest Newman.
| Author/creator | Newman, Ernest |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Vintage Books, 1958. |
| Description | iv, 436 pages : music ; 19 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | A Vintage book ; V-118 |
| Contents | Christoph Gluck. Orfeo ed Euridice -- Gaetano Donizetti. Don Pasquale -- Gioacchino Rossini. The Barber of Seville -- Giuseppe Verdi. Rigoletto ; Falstaff ; Il Trovatore ; Aida ; Otello ; La Traviata -- Jules Massenet. Manon -- Georges Bizet. Carmen -- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovski [Tchaikovsky]. Eugen Onegin -- Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky [Mussorgsky]. Boris Godounov [Godunov] -- Pietro Mascagni. Cavalleria Rusticana -- Ruggiero Leoncavallo. I Pagliacci -- Richard Strauss. Elektra ; Salome ; Der Rosenkavalier. |
| Abstract | In these two volumes the foremost authority on opera discusses 30 masterpieces of the repertoire. Ernest Newman's gigantic grasp of his subject is clear at every turn, as are his writing ability and wit. This definitive treatment of the history of the great operas is unique as both guide and armchair companion. With 652 musical examples. |
| General note | Together, Volumes One and Two consist of thirty unabridged essays taken from More Stories of Famous Operas, and Seventeen Famous Operas, originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Genre/form | Plot summaries. |