The New Grove Dictionary Of Opera

The New Grove Dictionary Of Opera

Incorporating a decade of musicological research, theDictionary is unsurpassed in its scope and quality, with contributions from over 1,300 of the world's leading critics and scholars. A remarkable 11,000 articles, all fully cross-referenced, create a work that has become established as the essential opera reference. Indeed, every aspect of this varied art form is covered: composers, conductors, directors, performers, librettists, literary sources, cities and countries, operatic historians, and opera genres and terminology.Review"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 PostAbout the AuthorThe late Stanley Sadie is one of the world's leading musicologists. Educated with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, he became a music critic at The Times of London in 1964 and was then editor of the Musical Times from 1967-1987. He is the co-editor of the twenty-nine volume New GroveDictionary of Music and Musicians.