Opera

Here are entered general works about opera. Musical compositions in this form are entered under the heading Operas.

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• Drama
• Dramatic music -- History and criticism
• Operas

• Opera -- Europe
• Opera -- Fiction
• Opera -- France
• Opera -- Italy
• Opera -- New York (State)
• Costume
• Operas -- Librettos

• Comic opera
• Lyric drama
• Opera -- History and criticism
• Opera, Comic
• Operas -- History and criticism

• The Art-Work of the Future, by Richard Wagner, trans. by William Ashton Ellis (HTML at belgacom.net)
• Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music and Certain Musicians, by John F. Runciman (Gutenberg text)
• Opera and Drama, by Richard Wagner, trans. by William Ashton Ellis (HTML at belgacom.net)
• The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by David Littlejohn (HTML at UC Press)

• The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
  • HTML at Bibliomania

• The History of Fashion in France: or, The Dress of Women From the Gallo-Roman Period to the Present Time (New York, Scribner and Welford, 1882), by Augustin Challamel, trans. by Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie (DjVu at Georgia)

• Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: The Creation of a Genre (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), by Ellen Rosand (HTML at UC Press)

• Peasant Art in Italy (1913), ed. by Charles Holme
  • Part 1: PDF at Arizona
  • Part 2: PDF at Arizona
  • Part 3: PDF at Arizona
  • Part 4: PDF at Arizona

• Panther's Cub (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1911), by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle, illust. by Florence R. A. Wilde (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather
  • HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
• The Young Prima Donna: A Romance of the Opera (2 volumes; Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840), by Mrs. Grey (page images at HathiTrust)

• No Great Magic (as published in Galaxy magazine, 1963), by Fritz Leiber (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)

• Chapters of Opera: Being Historical and Critical Observations And Records Concerning the Lyric Drama in New York from Its Earliest Days Down to The Present Time (third edition, 1911), by Henry Edward Krehbiel (Gutenberg text)

• Art in Costume Design: Practical Suggestions for Those Interested in Art, Sewing, History and Literature (Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co., 1920), by Edna Mann Shover (page images at Wisconsin)
• Dressmaking: A Manual for Schools and Colleges (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1917), by Jane Fales (page images at Wisconsin)
• Fancy Dresses Described: or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls, by Ardern Holt, illust. by Lilian Young (page images at Wisconsin)
• Female Costumes, Historical, National, and Dramatic, in 200 Plates (London: Lacy, 1865), by Thomas Hailes Lacy (DjVu at uga.edu)
• Instructive Costume Design (first edition; Pelham, NY: Edward C. Bridgman, c1922), by Emil Alvin Hartman (page images at Wisconsin)
• Male Costumes, Historical, National, and Dramatic, in 200 Plates (London: Lacy, 1868), by Thomas Hailes Lacy (DjVu at uga.edu)
• The Quaker: A Study in Costume (Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1901), by Amelia M. Gummere (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Woman as Decoration: A Costume Book (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920), by Emily Burbank (page images at Wisconsin)

• Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colors, by Max Tilke (illustrated HTML at Indiana)

• The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II (London, 1687), by Francis Sandford and Gregory King (frame- and JavaScript-dependent page images at rarebookroom.org)

• The Mirror of the Graces: or, the English Lady's Costume (London: Printed for B. Crosby and Co., 1811), by A Lady of Distinction (page images at Wisconsin)

• Clothing and Style: For Dressmakers, Milliners, Buyers, Designers, Students of Clothing, and Stylers (c1930), by William H. Dooley (page images at Wisconsin)

• Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), by Roberta H. Markman and Peter T. Markman, contrib. by Joseph Campbell (HTML at UC Press)

• Introduction to Peruvian Costume (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, c1949), by Nathalie Herman Zimmern (page images at HathiTrust)

• George Washington Play and Pageant Costume Book (c1931), by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (multiple formats at archive.org)

• George Washington Play and Pageant Costume Book (c1931), by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (multiple formats at archive.org)

• On the Pallium, by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall (HTML with commentary at CCEL)

• Perfumery and Kindred Arts: A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1877), by R. S. Cristiani (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Colourful Cosmetics and Jewellery, by Joe Crews (HTML at crcbermuda.com)

• Perfumery and Kindred Arts: A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1877), by R. S. Cristiani (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Amadis of Gaul: An Opera, as it is Perform'd at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market (in Itslian and English; London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1715), contrib. by John James Heidegger (Gutenberg text)
• Amor y Gloria: Zarzuela en Tres Actos y en Verso (libretto, in Spanish; Madrid : Impr. de J. Rodriguez, 1881), by Miguel Emilio Tormo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Barber of Seville: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts (Boston: J. H. Eastburn's Press, 1856), by Mr. Fawcett, contrib. by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (page images at Google)
• The Barber of Seville: A Comic Opera in Two Acts, As Performed by the Italian Opera Company at Castle Garden, New York, Sept 13, 1847 (New York: Herald Book and Job Office, 1847), by Cesare Sterbini, contrib. by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (page images at Google)
• The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Gutenberg text)
• The Emerald Isle, or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena (libretto and commentary), by Basil Hood, Arthur Sullivan, and Edward German (multimedia at Boise State)
• The Georgian Princess (libretto only; 1799), by Baroness Elizabeth Craven (HTML and PDF with commentary at Montreal)
• Love in the Age of Wings and Other Operas, by Chester Eagle (PDF with commentary at Trojan Press)
• No Cards (libretto and commentary), by W. S. Gilbert and Thomas German-Reed (PDF and Word at Boise State)
• The Ring of the Nibling: Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, trans. by Margaret Armour, illust. by Arthur Rackham (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Rose of Persia (libretto and commentary), by Basil Hood and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at Boise State)
• Semele: An Opera (libretto only), by William Congreve (HTML at Renascence Editions)
• The Wainwright Operas, by Chester Eagle (PDF files with commentary at Trojan Press)

• El Pregonero de Riosa: Zarzuela en Un Acto, Dividido en Tres Cuadros (in Spanish; Madrid: R. Velasco, 1900), by Gimeno Rol (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Of Dramatic Poesie, by John Dryden (HTML at Toronto)
• Opera and Drama, by Richard Wagner, trans. by William Ashton Ellis (HTML at belgacom.net)
• Our Stage and its Critics (1910), by Edward Fordham Spence (Gutenberg text)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.