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Each chapter contains thought-provoking discussions that will intellectually engage readers, even those who are unmoved, or perhaps repelled, by Wagner's music and ideas.... This book plunges... — Library Journal More…

Wren's analyses of The Mikado and The Gondoliers are models of their kind...Sometimes brilliant, occasionally maddening, Wren is almost unfailingly provocative — Gramophone Magazine More…

An intellectually robust work, Sounding American not only makes an important contribution to histories of film music, but also revises in significant ways our accepted definition of the classical... — Society for American Music More…

This delightful and informative book could only have come from someone with a vast inside knowledge of the subject. It was clearly written as a labour of love, and Ian Bradley's enthusiasm is... — Music and Letters More…

an exhaustive study of the performance history of the Savoy Operas — The Tablet More…

Preston (College of William and Mary) has divided her detailed and comprehensive study of English-language opera into seven chapters: three are overviews of particular periods and four consider... — Choice More…

Where on earth did Verdians turn before Budden? When the first volume of his chronological study of the complete 31 operas appeared in 1973, it was already clear this could prove the standard... — BBC Music Magazine More…

The authors themselves are appropriately detailed and inclusive of their scholarship, exploring Carmen's background in the context of different types of literary, theatrical, and musical representations... — Opera Magazine More…

conducted with the Glixons' customary exemplary clarity, both in organisation and prose, and it functions as well as a reference book as a continuous read ... this book should be required reading... — Musical Times More…