This is an opera reference covering four volumes, with over 1300 contributions. The 11,000 articles are cross-referenced and deal with all of the varied aspects of the operatic experience, from the composer, librettist and their cultural background, through singers, conductors and directors, to cities, opera houses, costume, choreography and set design. The dictionary features: over 1750 articles on operas; over 2500 articles on singers and conductors; over 3000 articles on composers; more than 400 articles on cities; and further articles covering producers, designers, patrons and impressarios, and history and terminology of opera. The work includes indices of character names and first lines of arias and ensembles.

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"A monument of enlightened scholarship."―Sunday Telegraph

"Written by an army of experts."―The Times

"Make no mistake: This will be the definitive reference work in opera for many, many years to come."―The Chicago Tribune

"All inquiries into Opera begin there from now on."―The San Francisco Examiner Chronicle

"...this work will significantly affect not only the way opera is enjoyed in the future, but the way it is made."―The Washington Post

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