The Dictionary of the Opera

by Charles Osborne

The International opera authority, Charles Osborne, is renowned throughout the world for his writing, broadcasting and lecturing on opera. With nearly 300 composers and 800 singers, as well as conductors, producers, set designers, librettists, and others, this book provides authoritative comments by the author on composers.

384 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1983

About the author

Charles Thomas Osborne was a journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist. He was assistant editor of The London Magazine from 1958 until 1966, literature director of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1971 until 1986, and chief theatre critic of Daily Telegraph (London) from 1986 to 1991. He is the only author the Agatha Christie Estate has ever allowed to produce adapted works in her name. (wikipedia)