Opera

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Opera is written by Franklin Mesa and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476605378 (ISBN 10) and 9781476605371 (ISBN 13).

This encyclopedia includes entries for 1,153 world premiere (and other significant) performances of operas in Europe, the United States, Latin America and Russia. Entries offer details about key persons, arias, interesting facts, and date and location of each premiere. There is a biographical dictionary with 1,288 entries on historical and modern operatic singers, composers, librettists, and conductors. Fully indexed and with a bibliography.