- Dillon, César A., and Juan A. Sala. El teatro musical en Buenos Aires: La
ópera, la opereta, la zarzuela, la comedia musical—Teatro Doria, Teatro Mar-
coni.Buenos Aires: Arte Gaglianone, 1997. xxii, 485p. ISBN 950-720-051-7.
ML1717.8 .B92 D55.
A narrative account of both theaters and a chronology of performances with
casts. The Doria was active from 1887 to 1903, the Marconi from 1903 to
1966 (when it became a variety house, then was demolished). Good indexing
locates companies, singers, directors, and works given.
Australia
2122.Oxford Companion to Australian Music.Ed. Warren Bebbington. New York:
Oxford U.P., 1997. xvi, 608p. ISBN 0-1955-3432-8. ML101 .A9 O94.
A useful gathering of biographical and topical articles. “Opera and Opera
Companies” (p.430–435) is the main operatic entry. It says Opera Australia is
the only full-time company; it was established in 1956 as sthe Australian
Opera and is based at the Sydney Opera House. A monthly journal, Opera
Australasia, is mentioned in the article but has not been seen. No index.- Crisp, Deborah. Bibliography of Australian Music: An Index to Monographs,
Journal Articles, and Theses.Armidale, N.S.W.: Australian Music Studies Pro-
ject, 1982. xiv, 260p. ML120 .A86 C7.
Covers 1790–1981, with 2,218 entries and a subject index. - Cargher, John. Opera and Ballet in Australia. Stanmore, N.S.W.: Cassell Aus-
tralia, 1977. xiii, 352p. ISBN 0-7269-1360-X. ML1751 .A9 C37.
Primarily a photo book, with an earthy popular commentary. Historical sum-
mary and discussion of recent performances in Melbourne and Sydney. Name
and title index. - Love, Harold. The Golden Age of Australian Opera: W. S. Lyster and His
Companies, 1861–1880.Sydney: Currency Press, 1981. 309p. ML1751 .A9
L68.
A detailed history of the period indicated, with biographical notes on singers.
Chief impresario William Lyster is discussed, and many dates and casts are
given. There is no actual chronology, but one appeared for 1861–1868 in Aus-
tralasian Drama Studies2 (October 1983): 113–124. - Mackenzie, Barbara, and Findlay Mackenzie. Singers of Australia from Melba
to Sutherland.Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1967. xvii, 309p. ML400 .M27.
Long, footnoted chapters on Nellie Melba and Joan Sutherland. Good cover-
age of Frances Alda (born in New Zealand), Peter Dawson, John Brownlee,
and Marjorie Lawrence; shorter treatment of 60 others. Useful introductory
essay on opera in Australia. Bibliography of about 200 books and articles,
name index.
2127.Opera and the Australian Composer. Ed. Kay Dreyfus. Camberwell, Victoria:
K. Dreyfus, 1973. iv, 102p. ISBN 0-9598595-0. ML1751 .A9 O6.
400 Opera