Till Nicholas (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies

Cambridge University Press, 2012. — 387 p. — (Cambridge Companion). — ISBN10: 0521671698, 0521855616.A delightful way to learn more about the history of opera. Perfect for the opera-goer who has everything!
Review
"In both the clarity of its organization and the uniformly high standard of the individual essays, this is an outstanding collection."
The Times Literary Supplement
"[Opera studies] is inherently interdisciplinary, which necessitates a wide range of critical approaches. The essays deal with such varied topics as politics, the state, and society; gender, nationalism, and exoticism; and technologies of theatrical productions, including the movie and live streaming on the internet. Recommended."
Choice
"This is another useful addition to the Cambridge Companions to Music series, this time covering an area of music which has received less scholarly attention than others until the second half of the twentieth century. This is a scholarly book for the undergraduate or postgraduate student although some opera fans of a more academic bent might find it of interest."
Stella Thebridge, Reference Reviews.