Encyclopedia of opera on screen : a guide to more than 100 years of opera films, videos, and DVDs / Ken Wlaschin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wlaschin, Ken

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera in motion pictures--Encyclopedias.

Opera in motion pictures.

Operas--Film adaptations--History and criticism.

Operas.

Operas--Film adaptations.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Film adaptations.

Physical Description:

xi, 872 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Opera on screen

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]

Summary:

This bountiful book is a comprehensive guide to the thousands of films, videos, and DVDs featuring operas and opera singers from 1896 to the present. From ABC Television to Franco Zeffirelli, the encyclopedia is a storehouse of fascinating information for film and opera aficionados and casual browsers alike. Find answers to such questions as: What were the first operas filmed? Why did movie makers create silent films of operas? Why was a pseudo-opera written for Citizen Kane? What was Maria Callas's only film? Organized alphabetically with more than 1,900 fully cross-referenced entries, the book casts a wide net that covers not only expected topics -- operas, operettas, zarzuelas, composers, singers, conductors, writers, and film directors -- but also the unexpected and offbeat -- animated opera, first operas on film, puppet opera films, silent films about opera, and many other lesser-known topics. The Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 789-799) and index.

ISBN:

0300102631

OCLC:

54065110