Author:
Rose, Michael, 1926-
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2013.
Descriptionxviii, 441 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:L'incoronazione di Poppea -- Alceste -- Idomeneo -- Le nozze di Figaro -- Fidelio -- Barbiere di Siviglia -- Les Troyens -- Tristan und Isolde -- Carmen -- Eugene Onegin -- Otello -- Pelléas et Mélisande -- Ariadne auf Naxos -- Turandot -- Wozzeck.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-421) and index.
Note:Describes the stories behind the writing and creation of fifteen different operas, detailing the circumstances of each composer's life and times and the impact their environment had on their art.
