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Opera : an encyclopedia of world premieres and significant performances, singers, composers, librettists, arias and conductors, 1597-2000 / Franklin Mesa.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML102.O6 M45 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mesa, Franklin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opera--Encyclopedias.
- Opera.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 466 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]
- Summary:
- "This work includes entries for 1,153 first performances of operas from Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Russia. Entries offer details about key persons, arias, other significant performances, interesting facts, and date and location of each premiere. There is a biographical dictionary with 1,288 entries on historical and modern operatic singers"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 453) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0786409592
- 9780786409594
- OCLC:
- 70176871
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