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About the Editor of the
O
PERA
C
LASSICS
L
IBRARY
Burton D. Fisher is a former opera conductor who studied at the Mannes
and Juilliard schools. He is currently the author-publisher of over
100 books about opera:
Opera Classics Library Series;
Ope
ra
Journeys Mini Guide Series;
Opera Journeys Libretto Series;
and
the
Puccini Companion: The Glorious Dozen.
He is principal lecturer
for the
Opera Journeys Lecture Series
at Florida International University,
a commissioned author for Season Opera guides and Program Notes
for regional opera companies, and a frequent opera commentator on
National Public Radio.
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A
H
ISTORY OF
O
PERA:
MILESTONES
AND
METAMORPHOSES
by Burton D. Fisher
Principal lecturer:
Opera Journeys Lecture Series
O
PERA
C
LASSICS
L
IBRARY
™
_______________________________________
Opera Journeys
™
Publishing / Miami, Florida
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OPERA CLASSICS LIBRARY ™ SERIES
OPERA JOURNEYS MINI GUIDE™ SERIES
OPERA JOURNEYS™ LIBRETTO SERIES
A History of Opera:
Milestones and Metamorphoses
Puccini Companion: The Glorious Dozen
OVER 60 TITLES
AVA
ILABLE:
•L’Africaine •Aida • Andrea Chénier •The Barber of Seville •La Bohème
•Boris Godunov •Carmen •Cavalleria Rusticana •Così fan tutte
•Der Freischütz •Der Rosenkavalier •Die Fledermaus •Don Carlo
•Don Giovanni •Don Pasquale •The Elixir of Love •Elektra •Eugene Onegin
•Exploring Wagner’s Ring •Falstaff •La Fanciulla del West •Faust
•Fidelio •The Flying Dutchman •Gianni Schicchi • Hansel and Gretel
•L’Italiana in Algeri •Julius Caesar •Lohengrin •Lucia di Lammermoor
•Macbeth • Madama Butterfly •The Magic Flute •Manon •Manon Lescaut
•The Marriage of Figaro •A Masked Ball •The Mikado •Norma •Otello
•I Pagliacci •Porgy and Bess •The Rhinegold •Rigoletto •La Rondine
•Salome •Samson and Delilah •Siegfried •Suor Angelica •Il Tabarro
•The Tales of Hoffmann •Tannhäuser •Tosca •La Traviata
•Tristan and Isolde •Il Trittico •Il Trovatore •Turandot
•Twilight of the Gods •The Valkyrie •Werther
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Words performed through music
can express
what language alone had exhausted.
- after Hugo von Hofmannsthal, noted lyric poet and
librettist for six operas composed by Richard Strauss.
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