Description |
xviii,449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-425) and index. |
Contents |
A matter of boxes, 1883-1884 : Bel canto -- Cultural capital, 1884-1903 : the German seasons and French opera -- Opera wars, 1903-1908 : Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- Modernity, 1908-1929 : Puccini -- Hard times, 1929-1940 : Wagner -- Strains of war, 1940-1950 : the conductor's opera -- Stage business, 1950-1966 : Verdi -- In transit, 1966-1975 : American opera -- Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990 : twentieth-century European opera and the Baroque -- Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006 : American opera (redux) and Slavic opera -- In the age of new media, 2006-2013. |
Subject |
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (OCoLC)fst00519669
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Author |
Affron, Mirella Jona, 1937- author.
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ISBN |
9780520250338 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520250338 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520958975 (ebook) |
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0520958977 (ebook) |
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