More stories of famous operas,

1946, Reprint Edition, Hardcover, No dust jacket, 592 pages, More stories of famous operas by Ernest Newman This book contains the definitive treatment of the stories, texts & music of Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, The Barber of Bagdad, Thais, Eugen Onegin, Prince Igor, The Golden Cockerel, Elektra, Orfeo & Euridice, Lakme, Les Huguenots, Cosi fan tutte, The Seraglio, Les Troyens, Don Pasquale, La Juive, Manon, Falstaff, Louise, Pelleas & Melisande, The Bartered Bride, Die Fledermaus, Romeo & Juliet, Der Rosenkavalier, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Wozzeck, L'Heure Espagnole & Boris Godounov. The foremost authority on opera presented in the comprehensive volume all that the opera-goer, radio listener, music-lover & confirmed operamane will wish to know about them. It's unique as both guide & armchair companion. Ernest Newman's gigantic grasp of his subject is clear at every turn, as are his sheer writing ability & wit. He larded his treatment of the operas with biographical & historical materials acquired in a long lifetime of study & writing. This is the first volume of the trilogy of books (the other two being The Wagner Operas & Seventeen Famous Operas with which Newman wished to replace his earlier book, Stories of the Great Operas.