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The Opera: A History
Christopher Headington
General history of opera · 1987 · English
Christopher Headington. The Opera: A History. London: The Bodley Head, 1987. ISBN 9780370308890.
Headington’s volume is a broad historical survey intended to connect the development of opera as music, drama, institution and performance practice. It follows the genre from its early Italian foundations through national traditions, nineteenth-century expansion and modern repertory, balancing famous composers with the theatrical environments in which their…
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