Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS' ARTICLES ; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ; ABBREVIATIONS ; A DICTIONARY OF OPERA CHARACTERS ; Appendix 1: Biographies of Contributors ; Appendix 2: Composers and Operas ; Appendix 3: Some Operas of the Past Ten Years (1998-2008) ; Appendix 4: Opera Web Links

About the Author

Joyce Bourne practised for almost 30 years as an anaesthetist and general practitioner until her retirement in 1990. She has a lifelong interest in and love of music and co-authored with her husband The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music.

Reviews

Review from previous edition a generally scrupulous and scholarly book Opera Joyce Bourne has rightly identified a gap in the operaphile's library BBC Music Magazine a reference book for operaphiles...the answer to a prayer for those who attend operas without doing their homework properly Sir George Christie