The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera

Since its first publication the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera has established itself as an invaluable source of information on all aspects of opera, containing as it does entries on individual operas, composers, librettists, singers, conductors, technical terms, and other general subjects connected with opera and its history. For this greatly enlarged second edition Harold Rosenthal and John Warrack have not only rewritten and updated the existing entries, but have also included many new articles on composers and performers, details of casts at first performances, and much additional information on the development of opera in different countries. Comprehensive, compact, and inexpensive, this is an indispensable reference work for all opera enthusiasts.

Harold Rosenthal, formerly the archivist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, is editor of Opera magazine and has written and edited a number of books in the operatic field. John Warrack was music critic of the Sunday Telegraph from 1961 to 1972. He is the author of books on Weber and Tchaikovsky, and one of the editors of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.