Opera

The Center for Creative Leadership's continuing studies of executives have found that learning on the job is the best way for a person to develop.

The Center for Creative Leadership's continuing studies of executives have found that learning on the job is the best way for a person to develop.

From an award-winning author, the first thorough examination of the important influence of opera on Brecht's writings.

Giuseppe Verdi's career forms one of the loveliest arcs in musical history.

Today Mozart's exquisite Le Nozze di Figaro delights and moves audiences everywhere, long after its 1786 birth into tumultuous times.

First published in 1915, The Song of the Lark is a novel by American author Willa Cather.

"e;The Great Operas of Vincenzo Bellini"e; is a detailed account of the life and work of Vincenzo Bellini by Gustav Kobbe, with a particular focus on his operatic compositions.

People may say that I couldn't sing.

More than 40 years after her death, the legend of Maria Callas, "e;La Divina Assoluta,"e; remains unsurpassed.

More than 40 years after her death, the legend of Maria Callas, "e;La Divina Assoluta,"e; remains unsurpassed.

Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live.

Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live.

Wagner's Ring addresses fundamental concerns that have faced humanity down the centuries, such as power and violence, love and death, freedom and fate.

Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century.

For decades, eighteenth-century Paris had been declining into a baroque backwater.

Sarah Caldwell, the leader of the Opera Company of Boston from 1958-1990, was a groundbreaking and idiosyncratic woman who established her own career as a conductor and stage director in an environment resistant to change.

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Friedrich Nietzsche regarded himself as the most musical philosopher--he played the piano, wrote his own compositions and espoused a philosophy encouraging all to dance for joy.

The history of women in the opera is a grand story.

In its revised third edition, this volume argues that an appreciation of opera is based on understanding of several key aspects: history, language, theatrical production, the power of the conductor, vocal tradition and standard repertory.

Covering famous operas from 14 Italian, French and German composers, this handbook is designed to help listeners understand and appreciate the special skills required to sing famous operatic songs.

The invention of cinema was ingenious, so much so that virtually no-one quite knew what to do with it.

In Performing Opera: A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors Michael Ewans provides a detailed and practical workbook to performing many of the most commonly produced operas.

In Performing Opera: A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors Michael Ewans provides a detailed and practical workbook to performing many of the most commonly produced operas.

';The Little Sweep' is a three-scene opera aimed at children written by the English composer Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Eric Crozier.

Something sinister has crawled into the heart of the man that should be a father, a guide, a leader and the first nurturer to future relationships, but yet turns a childs worst nightmare into reality.

In Robert Ward's The Crucible: Creating an American Musical Nationalism, Robert Paul Kolt explores the life of the American composer Robert Ward through an examination of his most popular and enduring work, The Crucible.

Italian Opera in the 18th and 19th centuries was an experience unequaled anywhere else in the world.

The Metropolitan Opera on Record: A Discography of the Commercial Recordings is a comprehensive listing of all the commercial sound recordings involving the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, one of the world's leading musical organizations.

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It started with a festival - three classic operas performed in a theatre in Toronto.

Everything about opera is larger than life, but the bigger the art form, the bigger the potential for disaster.

An insider's view of the opera world from one of its greatest figures.

The Amato Opera Company has delighted music lovers throughout the years, establishing an extraordinary artistic tradition in New York City.

La Boheme, Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly - Puccini's operas are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire.

Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger has always called forth superlatives from those who have fallen under its spell.

Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger has always called forth superlatives from those who have fallen under its spell.

Richard Wagner's knowledge of and passion for Greek drama was so profound that for Friedrich Nietzsche, Wagner was Aeschylus come alive again.

How is it possible for a seriously flawed human being to produce art that is good, true, and beautiful?

How well do you think you know your opera?

How is it possible for a seriously flawed human being to produce art that is good, true, and beautiful?

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The UK's biggest-selling classical artist reveals how her angelic voice has shot her to superstardom.

Russell 'The Voice' Watson is a star with a real story to tell.

A wide-ranging look at the interplay of opera and political ideas through the centuriesThe Politics of Opera takes readers on a fascinating journey into the entwined development of opera and politics, from the Renaissance through the turn of the nineteenth century.

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is the world's most frequently performed operatic composer, yet he is only beginning to receive serious scholarly attention.

Unfinished at Puccini's death in 1924, Turandot was not only his most ambitious work, but it became the last Italian opera to enter the international repertory.

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