Opera


Bel Canto
The Phantom of the Opera
Dune (Dune, #1)
Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Carmen
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
The Queen of the Night
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
La Traviata (Overture Opera Guides)
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
Tosca (Black Dog Opera Library)
Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera
Puccini's La Boheme (the Dover Opera Libretto Series) (Dover Books On Music: Voice)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxAmadeus by Peter ShafferThe Threepenny Opera by Bertolt BrechtDon Juan in Hankey, PA by Gale MartinA History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate
Books about opera
165 books — 56 voters
Historia de la ópera (Ma Non Troppomusica) by Roger AlierOpera for Dummies by David PogueMaria Malibran by Howard BushnellThe Boston Castrato by Colin W. SargentHistorias de la historia de la ópera by Roger Alier
Glorious Opera
45 books — 4 voters

Mozart by Paul  JohnsonMozart by Peter GayThe P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 1 by P. Craig RussellMozart's Women by Jane GloverMozart by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
History of Classical Music
131 books — 7 voters
Mountain Laurel by Jude DeverauxSimply Unforgettable by Mary BaloghUnshakeable by Molly MacKenzieA Song Begins by Mary BurchellA Song Begins by Mary Burchell
Sing: Opera in Romance Novels
32 books — 17 voters

Cry to Heaven by Anne RiceThe Bells by Richard HarvellInterrupted Aria by Beverle Graves MyersPainted Veil by Beverle Graves MyersThe Iron Tongue of Midnight by Beverle Graves Myers
Books about Castrati
74 books — 15 voters
Dona flor VOCAL SCORE by Niccolo Van Westerhout
Rediscovered Operas
1 book — 1 voter

Terry Pratchett
Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. "There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like "Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh I am dyin', oh oh oh, that's what I'm doin'", and there's your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes "Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!", although sometimes they drink champagne instead. ...more
Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

H.L. Mencken
The opera…is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
H. L. Mencken

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