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.".

The stage musical sensation magically and hauntingly comes to the screen. Gerard Butler (the Phantom), Emmy Rossum (Christine), and Patrick Wilson (Raoul) play the fateful love triangle that unfurls in splendor, suspense, and in the music of the night.

Daphne, Velma, and Fred must save their friends when Scooby and Shaggy get into a sticky situation with a spooky ogre at the opera.

Beginners guide to understanding opera, including history, music, composers, characters, conductors, and chorus. Accompanying audio disc features excerpts of operas explored in the text.

Haunting readers since its first publication in 1911, the classic story of the disfigured Erik who haunts the Paris Opera House and secretly trains singer Christine Daa, leading to an obsessive love and pattern of fear and violence, remains a riveting journey into the darkest regions of the human heart. This updated edition features a new introduction to the gothic horror classic.

Barefoot, a young brown bear in the deep forests of Minnesota, falls in love with the music of Puccini and goes to the city to pursue a career as an opera singer.

Mimi, a poor seamstress, and Rodolphe, a struggling playwright, fall in love. When Mimi attempts to help Rodolphe get his play produced, he suspects her of infidelity and she leaves him. Later, a severely ill Mimi returns to the now successful Rodolphe and dies.