Opera in America: A Cultural History

by John Dizikes and Professor John Dizikes

Book Overview

Winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism

"I hear the chorus, it is a grand opera, Ah this indeed is music--this suits me."--Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"

America has had a love affair with opera in all its forms since it was first performed here in colonial times. This book--the first comprehensive cultural and social history of musical theater in the United States--includes vignettes of productions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590593871
• ISBN13: 9780300061017
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 622 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"