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The Metropolitan opera guide, the standard repertory of the Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., as selected by Edward Johnson, general manager, by Mary Ellis Peltz and Robert Lawrence ; Illustrated by Alexandre Serebriakoff. A publication of the Metropolitan opera guild, inc

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The Metropolitan opera guide, the standard repertory of the Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., as selected by Edward Johnson, general manager, by Mary Ellis Peltz and Robert Lawrence ; Illustrated by Alexandre Serebriakoff. A publication of the Metropolitan opera guild, inc

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-496. "Suggested recordings": pages 497-511)

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illustrationsmusic

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Metropolitan opera guide

Nature of contents

bibliographydiscographies

Oclc number

849201

Responsibility statement

by Mary Ellis Peltz and Robert Lawrence ; Illustrated by Alexandre Serebriakoff. A publication of the Metropolitan opera guild, inc

Series statement

The Modern library of the world's best books

Sub title

the standard repertory of the Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., as selected by Edward Johnson, general manager

Table Of Contents

Opera is Born / Opera Faces Reality: Gluck -- Orfeo ed Euridice / Opera Comes of Age: Mozart -- Don Giovanni / Opera Shows off the Voice: Rossini -- Il Barbiere di Siviglia -- Bellini -- Norma -- Donizetti -- Lucia di Lammermoor -- Don Pasquale / Opera Dresses Up: Halévy -- La Juive -- Meyerbeer -- L'Africana / Opera Becomes Music Drama: Beethoven -- Fidelio -- Wagner -- Der Fliegende Holländer -- Tannhäuser -- Lohengrin -- Tristan und Isolde -- Die Meistersinger -- Der Ring des Nibelungen -- Das Rheingold -- Die Walküre -- Siegfried -- Götterdämmerung -- Parsifal / Opera Waves the Flag: Verdi -- Rigoletto -- Simon Boccanegra -- Il Travatore -- La Traviata -- Un Ballo in Maschera -- La Forza del Destino -- Aïda -- Otello -- Falstaff / Opera Takes It Personally: Gounod -- Faust -- Roméo et Juliette -- Thomas -- Mignon -- Bizet -- Carmen -- Saint Saëns -- Samson ed DalilaOffenbach -- Les Contes d'Hoffmann -- Delibes -- Lakmé -- Massenet -- Manon -- Thaïs / Opera Invades the countryside -- Smetana -- The Bartered Bride -- Moussorgsky -- Boris Godunoff -- Rimsky-Korsakoff -- Le Coq d'Or / Oera Turns to Crime: Ponchielli -- La Gioconda -- Mascagni -- Cavalleria Rusticana -- Leoncavallo -- I Pagliacci -- Puccini -- La Bohème -- Tosca -- Madama Butterfly -- Gianni Schicchi -- Montemezzi -- L'Amore dei Tre Re / Opera at the Crossroads: Humperdinck -- Hänsel und Gretel -- Charpentier -- Louise -- Debussy -- Pellé et Mélisande -- Strauss -- Salome -- Elektra -- Der Rosenkavalier / The Mechanics of Opera Production / Metropolitan Summary

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