The birth of opera - Monteverdi to Purcell; Baroque opera -Vivaldi to Handel; the Reformation of opera - Gluck to Mozart; the age of Romanticism; Verdi, Wagner and their contemporaries; opera in transition - the generation of Puccini, Massenet and Debussy; the era of modernism; opera since World War II; directory of singers; directory of conductors. (Part contents).
Matthew Boyden is one of Britain's most hard-hitting music writers. He also makes regular appearances on television and radio.
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