opera

Traces the history of the opera discussing important composers and their works from the sixteenth century to the present day. Includes a glossary of operatic terms.

Princess Theresa-Maria of Pfaffenstein is content to work unrecognized as a wardrobe mistress for the Viennese opera company until the handsome English millionaire Guy Farne arrives and makes Tessa wonder if there may be more to life than just music.

An abridged translation of the novel in which a viscount 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.

After their archaeologist mother fails to return from Mexico and they discover that someone is stalking their Albuquerque house, twelve-year-old Kevin and his opera-singing older sister flee to Venice, California, where they hope that new identities will keep them safe.

Chronicles four centuries of music drama, starting with seventeenth-century bel canto, then proceeding to the operas of Gluck and the eighteenth-century classicists, and ending with the modern operas of the twentieth century.

Discusses the history of opera, from its origins in Italy in the 17th century, to the present. Includes profiles of famous composers, brief descriptions of some well-known operas, and a detailed discussion of what is involved in the staging of an opera.

Retells the story of the Mozart opera in which the noble Prince Tamino seeks the fair Pamina against a backdrop of the battle between darkness and light.

Presents the stories to a collection of "Die Fledermaus," "Carmen," "Hansel und Gretel," and "Rigoletto." Also includes a list of American and international opera companies and a glossary of operatic terms.

After their archaeologist mother fails to return from Mexico and they discover that someone is stalking their Albuquerque house, twelve-year-old Kevin and his opera-singing older sister flee to Venice, California, where they hope that new identities will keep them safe.