The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera

by Harold Rosenthal (Editor)

This is a handy, portable guide to opera: composers, artists, national trends. The authors have done a good job of ferreting out information and putting it together. If you just need to check which opera has a prima donna called Isabella (Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri) or the definition of a covered tone, this is a good book to grab.

Genres: Music, Reference, Nonfiction

576 pages, Hardcover

First published July 26, 1979

Reviews

[Aaron]

Nice (concise) reference to use when studying and learning opera.