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Opera Resources

The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia by David Hamilton (Ed.)
Call Number: E-book
London, England: Thames and Hudson, 1987; Credo Reference, 2010.
The New Encyclopedia of the Opera by David Ewen
Call Number: ML102 .O6 E9 1971 (RH)
New York, NY: Hill & Wang, 1971.
The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas by John W. Freeman
Call Number: REF MT95 .M4 1984 (LC RH)
New York, NY: Metropolitan Opera Guild/W.W. Norton, 1984.
2 vols.
The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video by Paul Gruber (Ed.); Metropolitan Opera Staff
Call Number: ML158.6 .O6 M47 1997 (LC); REF ML158.6 .O6 M47 1997 (RH)
New York, NY: Metropolitan Opera Guild/W.W. Norton, 1997.
Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen: A Guide to 100 Years of Opera Films, Videos, and DVDs by Ken Wlaschin
Call Number: REF ML102 .O6 W55 2004 (RH)
Los Angeles, CA: Beachwood, 2004.

Opera Resources

The Viking Opera Guide by Amanda Holden (Ed.)
Call Number: REF ML102 .O6 V55 1993 (RH)
New York, NY: Viking, 1993.
A Dictionary of Opera Characters by Joyce Bourne
Call Number: E-book
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Also available in print, REF ML102 .O6 B68 2010 (RH)
Rev. ed
The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera by Roger Parker (Ed.)
Call Number: ML1700.O95 1994 (RH LC)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Also available as an Ebook accessible via the Fordham library catalog.
The Da Capo Opera Manual by Nicholas I. Martin
Call Number: REF ML102 .O6 M35 1997 (RH)
New York, NY: DaCapo, 1997.
The New Kobbe's Opera Book by Antony Peattie
Call Number: REF MT95 .K52 1997 (LC RH)
New York, NY: Putnam, 1997.
11th ed.
Rev. ed. of: The Definitive Kobbe's Opera Book
Opera: A Listener's Guide by Jack Sacher
Call Number: REF ML 1700 .S13 1997 (RH)
New York, NY: Schirmer, 1997.
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera by Stanley Sadie (Ed.)
Call Number: REF ML102 .O6 N5 1992 (RH LC)
New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries, 1992.
4 vols.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera by John Warrack
Call Number: REF ML102 .O6 R6 1996 (RH); ML102 .O6 R6 1997 (LC)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.
The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera by Anthony R. DelDonna (Ed.)
Call Number: E-book
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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