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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 ™

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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

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any

form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the

prior permission from Opera Journeys Publishing.

All musical notations contained herein are original transcriptions by Opera Journeys Publishing.

Printed in the United States of America

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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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