The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera

by Stanley Sadie

A comprehensive overview of the history of opera, organized chronologically by era, traces the evolution of the musical art form from the perspective of its social and cultural contexts and offers a detailed study of opera houses, stage and scene aspects, voice, musical techniques, performances, and popular melody as they relate to opera.

Genres: Reference

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

Stanley John Sadie CBE was an influential and prolific English musicologist, former music critic for The Times of London and editor of The Musical Times, published thirty books and edited the monumental New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.