About the Opera

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  • Behind the Golden Curtain: Hansel and Gretel at the Great Opera House.
    Describes both onstage and backstage preparations for the opening night of an opera production.

  • Chopin.

  • Leontyne Price: Opera Superstar.
    A biography of the renowned soprano who helped break the color barrier in professional opera during the 1960s.

  • Meet the Orchestra.
    Describes the features, sounds, and role of each musical instrument in the orchestra.

  • Mozart.
    On the eve of his great operatic triumph "Don Giovanni," Mozart looks back on the events of his life that led to this moment.

  • Opera: Its Story Told Through the Lives and Works of its Foremost Composers.
    Traces the history of the opera discussing important composers and their works from the sixteenth century to the present day. Includes a glossary of operatic terms.

  • Stories from the Great Metropolitan Opera.

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