Provides biographical sketches for nearly 850 composers along with articles on approximately 2,000 works.

"Spanning four centuries of operatic history and drawing on the expertise of more than fifty international contributors, The Penguin Opera Guide is an essential

Provides biographical sketches for nearly 850 composers along with articles on approximately 2,000 works.

This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more oper