The earliest operas often took their plots from mythology, ancient history, or epic poems. These stories were seen as grand and dramatic, well-suited for the operatic form with its combination of music, singing, and acting.
Paul England has written: 'Favorite operas by Italian and French composers' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots 'Fifty favorite operas' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots
George P. Upton has written: 'The standard light operas, their plots and their music' -- subject(s): Operetta, Operas, Stories, plots 'The standard oratorios' -- subject(s): Oratorio 'The Song, Its Birth, Evolution, and Functions, With Numerous Selections from Old English Lyrics' 'The standard operas' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots, Stories, plots, etc 'In music land' -- subject(s): Musicians, Juvenile literature 'The standard symphonies' -- subject(s): Symphony 'The standard opera guide' -- subject(s): Operas, Analytical guides, Music, Stories, plots, etc, Stories, plots 'The standard cantatas' -- subject(s): Cantatas, History and criticism, Stories, plots 'The standard operas' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots 'The standard cantatas' -- subject(s): Cantatas, History and criticism, Cantates, Stories, plots
Fr. Charley has written: 'The new opera glass' 'The new opera glass: containing the plots of the most popular operas and a short biography of the composers' -- subject(s): Composers, Operas, Stories, plots
Julius Rabe has written: 'Opera' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots
May Silva Teasdale has written: 'Handbook of 20th century opera =' -- subject(s): Opera, Operas, Stories, plots '20th century opera at home & abroad, 1900 through season 1937-1938' -- subject(s): Opera, Operas, Stories, plots
Henry Edward Krehbiel has written: 'Studies in the Wagnerian Drama' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Biography, Composers, Musicians 'Notes on the cultivation of choral music and the Oratorio Society of New York' -- subject(s): Oratorio Society of New York, Choral societies 'How to listen to music' -- subject(s): Music appreciation, Analysis, appreciation, Music 'A book of operas, their histories, their plots and their music' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots 'Songs from the Operas for Alto (Musician's Library)' 'More chapters of opera' -- subject(s): Opera, History and criticism '\\' '(9391) Afro-American Folksongs' 'Second Book of Operas, Their Histories, Their Plots and Their Music' 'Studies in the Wagnerian drama' 'Review of the New York musical season 1887-1888 ..' 'The Pianoforte and Its Music (Music Lover's Library)' 'Book Of Operas; Their Histories, Plots, And Music, A (2 Volumes In 1))' 'A Second Book of Operas' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots 'Music and Manners in the Classical Period' 'Music and manners in the classical period' -- subject(s): Accessible book, History and criticism, Music 'The Philharmonic Society of New York' -- subject(s): New York Philharmonic
Joseph Walker McSpadden has written: 'Opera synopses' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots
Clemens Wolthens has written: 'Oper und Operette' -- subject(s): Musicals, Operas, Stories, plots
Leo Riemens has written: 'Elseviers kleine opera gids' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots
Louise M. Pleasanton has written: 'The fairyland of opera' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots
Ernest Newman has written: 'Wagner as a man & artist' 'The life of Richard Wagner' -- subject(s): Biography, Composers, History and criticism, Music, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 'Richard Strauss' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'Oscar Wilde' 'Wagner as man & artist' 'Great operas' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots 'Wagner nights' -- subject(s): Analysis, appreciation, Operas, Stories of operas, Stories, plots 'Stories of the great operas' -- subject(s): Biography, Composers, Operas, Stories, plots 'More essays from the world of music' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Music 'The unconscious Beethoven' -- subject(s): Protected DAISY 'From the world of music' -- subject(s): Music, Musical criticism 'A study of Wagner' 'Musical studies' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869, Criticism and interpretation, Faust, History and criticism, Music, Program music 'More stories of famous operas' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Lending library, Operas, Stories, plots 'A musical critic's holiday' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Music, Musical criticism, Philosophy and aesthetics
Johannes. Jansen has written: 'Oper' -- subject(s): Operas, Stories, plots, Stories, plots, etc 'Aegidienberger Familienbuch 1666-1875' -- subject(s): Registers of births, Genealogy 'Lost in London'