Dictionary of Opera Author:ANDERSON, ANDERSON This comprehensive guide to opera and operatta provides information at every level, for the general reader, the new enthusiast and the opera aficionado. This edition has been revised to bring the information up to date. The book includes: 5000 A-Z entries; composers and their librettists, performers, producers, designers, administrators and crit... more »ics from around the world and through the ages; plot summaries, musical terms, historical details and literary sources; and opera houses and companies worldwide.« less