Top 20 Best Selling Opera Scores, Songbooks & Lyrics (2022)




The volumes of Carols For Choirs have established themselves as the quintessential carol books for carol-singers around the world. Each volume presents a wide range of carols to suit every occasion, from well-known tunes superbly arranged to the best orig ... more info

Packed into every page of this book is the excitement of discovery, knowledge, taste and visual beauty. It all gives the reader the illusion of being at an actual performance' - Placido Domingo. 'Opera is a beautiful guide for opera enthusiasts as well as ... more info


Serving as a guide to the 175 most popular operas, this book consists of entries that set each opera within the context of its composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and give relevant background information on the libretto, the staging, a ... more info


Composed in 1906 1908 to a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Elektra scandalized audiences of.... ... more info



Verdi with a Vengeance Everything you could possibly know about Verdi and his operas, from the brilliant and humorous author of Wagner Without Fear.If you want to know why La traviata was actually a flop at its premiere in 1853, it's in here. If you want ... more info

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are en.... ... more info



Messiah is the supreme example of the English Oratorio. A meditation on the life of Christ, the work is a brilliant amalgam of traditional Italian Opera, English anthem and German Passion. Reprinted from the authoritative edition, this full-score edition ... more info

Russell The Voice Watson is a star with a real story to tell. While most stars of today find succe.... ... more info



Puccini is one of the most beloved of all opera composers - La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot still play to packed opera houses the world over. Generally snubbed by the critics, Puccini was a serial adulterer whose greatest passions were hun ... more info


While Philip Glass's operas, film scores, symphonies, and popular works have made him America's best.... ... more info


Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) ... more info





This concise edition of the critically-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide focusses on the composers a.... ... more info

Stravinsky's score for the ballet Petrushka, commissioned by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes,.... ... more info


George Frideric Handel was born and educated in Germany, flourished in Italy, and chose to become Br.... ... more info


Paperback. Pub Date :1989-01-01 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher:.. Dover Publications Superb authoritative German editions (Henry Litolffs Verlag) of Symphony No 1 in C Major. Op 21; Symphony No 2 in D Major.. . Op 36;.. Symphony No 3 in E-flat Maj ... more info



Beethoven's symphonies are among this greatest works -- in the opinion of many, the greatest orch.... ... more info

[ 100 Great Operas and Their Stories: ACT-By-ACT Synopses By ( Author ) Apr-1989 Paperback ... more info



Mascagni's first produced opera (1890), and ultimately his most successful, Cavalleria Rusticana i.... ... more info

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