Ticket to the Opera : Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore, and Singers, with Recommended Recordings

The complete layman's guide to opera offers an information-packed primer to the eighty-five classics--Aida, The Marriage of Figaro, and Madame Butterfly among them--and covers the key musical terms, lore, gossip, and celebrity profiles that are part of the opera world. Original.