| Contents |
1589-1761: Baroque opera. 1589-1634. The new art -- 1635-1646. Opera in Venice -- 1647-1677. Italian opera reaches Paris -- 1678-1702. France, Germany, England -- 1703-1716. The second century of opera -- 1717-1731. Prima donnas and castrati -- 1732-1739. The seeds of change -- 1740-1761. The death of Handel -- 1762-1850. Classical and Romantic opera. 1762-1775. Opera is reborn -- 1776-1780. Melodrama and Singspiel -- 1781-1786. Mozart in Vienna -- 1787-1791. Mozart's last operas -- 1792-1804. Opera after the French revolution -- 1805-1816. Opera during the Empire -- 1917-1821. Weber and German Romanticism -- 1822-1828. Romantic opera -- 1829-1835. Bel canto -- 1836-1841. Successors to Rossini -- 1842-1850. Verdi and Wagner -- 1851-1914. International opera. 1851-1857. Verdi's middle period -- 1858-1867. The Second Empire -- 1868-1875. The new repertory -- 1876-1882. Bayreuth -- 1883-1895. Perfect Wagnerite -- 1896-1902. The turn of the century -- 1903-1907. Revival and rebellion -- 1908-1914. A blaze of glory -- 1915-1997. The age of recording. 1915-1918. Neoclassicism -- 1919-1925. After the war -- 1926-1932. Opera in the Weimar Republic -- 1933-1944. Opera in the shadow of war -- 1945-1953. The new order -- 1954-1960. Grand opera reborn -- 1961-1975. Opera and anti-opera -- 1976-1997. Postmodernism. |
| Abstract |
Covering subjects as diverse as the opening of La Scala in Milan, the legendary career of Maria Callas and the extraordinary success of the Three Tenors, The Chronicle of Opera celebrates the great eras of music and performance, mixing fact and anecdote, personalities and stylistic development with hundreds of fascinating illustrations. |
| General note | With 320 illustrations, 100 in color. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography (pages 237-240), bibliography (page 240), and index. |
| LCCN | 98060251 |
| ISBN | 0500018677 : |
