Riding, Alan

Explores how artistic life in Paris flourished during the four years of Nazi occupation, profiling writers, painters, composers, actors, and dancers who worked throughout the occupation and describing the theaters, opera houses, movie theaters, and nightclubs that entertained soldiers and civilians.

Addressing seven languages, this definitive visual guide explores 400 years of music drama, from late-Renaissance Italy to the modern day; presents synopses of 160 operas from around the world; and discusses the lives of composers, from Monteverdi to Adams.

Discusses various aspects of Mexican society including anthropology, history, economics, politics and culture.