opera

A brief introduction to opera music that defines what it is and discusses its history, instruments, and significant individuals.

When the American Grand Opera comes to River Heights, a series of attempts to sabotage--or kill--the singers leads Nancy to investigate.

Chronicles the life and career of nineteenth-century Italy composer Giuseppe Verdi and discusses his music and stories of love and death including the operas "Rigoletto," "Aida," and "La Traviata.".

Contains over 2,500 alphabetically arranged entries which provide information about opera characters, discussing their place in the plot, their relationships to other characters, and their influence on the outcome of the story; provides plot synopses of more than 270 operas; and includes essays by well-known personalities of the opera.

Reviews the history of opera, discusses issues of composition, performance, politics, gender, and race as they relate to the art form, and assesses the place of opera in the modern world.

Pasha, a dog who believes herself to be beautiful and perfect, joins the company of "Manon" at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, but on opening night she cannot resist singing along with the diva.

When the opera diva Madame SoSo gets laryngitis, her singing cat Alma fills in for her.

Presents the classic story about a viscount who seeks to unravel the mystery of the Paris Opera House and rescue the woman he loves from the threat of the phantom of the opera.

Traces the development of opera, presents plots of fifty popular operas, and provides an in-depth study of "Carmen." Includes lists of composers and their works, opera companies, opera terms, etc.

In post-Ming dynasty China, Peony, a young girl betrothed to someone she has never met, observes a handsome man while hidden from view at a performance of the opera "The Peony Pavilion"--a work that has compelled young Chinese women to starve themselves to death--and, dead at sixteen, begins a transformative journey as a "hungry ghost.".