01118pam a2200277 a 4500 127761 BJBSDDR 20250527112700.0 ta 971230s1998 nyua b 001 0 eng 0810941937 (clothbound) 9780810941939 (clothbound) eng BJBSDDR eng ML 1700 S695s 1998 782.1 Somerset-Ward, Richard, 1942- 42278 The story of opera / Richard Somerset-Ward ; foreword by Kiri Te Kanawa. New York : Abrams, 1998. 304 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 31 cm. "Il dramma per musica" The singers take the stage From Gluck to Mozart The golden age of Italian opera German romantic opera Opera in nineteenth-century Paris Opera of the people An interlude with realism Popular musical theater On the twentieth century Offers a rich pictorial account of opera's past and present Ópera 32597 Te Kanawa, Kiri, 1944- 42282 foreword lcc BK 71137 71137 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 ML 1700 S695s 1998 00000120890 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK