Originally Die Wiener Oper(1962). A narrative history with fine illustrations,
including drawings and watercolors of the star singers. Name index.- Prawy, Marcel. The Vienna Opera. New York: Praeger, 1969. 228p.
ML1723.8 .V62 O775.
Originally Die Wiener Oper(Zurich: Molden, 1969). A lavishly illustrated
history, with emphasis on 20th-century personalities (portraits of about 150 of
them). Name index. - Rode-Breymann, Susanne. Die Wiener Staatsoper in den Zwischenkriegs-
jahren. Tutzing: Schneider, 1994. 485p. ISBN 3-7952-0772-4. ML1723.8
.V62 R63.
An interesting review of culture and politics between the world wars. Dis-
cusses the directorships of Franz Schalk and Clemens Kraus; composers and
stagings. List of works performed, by composer, with critical responses to
them. Backnotes, bibliography of about 350 items, expansive index. - Christian, Hans, and Harald Hoyer. Wiener Staatsoper, 1945–1980: Eine
Dokumentation.408p. No ISBN. ML1723 .V62 S815.
Lists the performances at the Staatsoper, as well as the Theater an der Wien,
Volksoper, and Redoutensaal; arranged by opera instead of chronologically.
Identifies all the singers for each role. Index.
Vienna: Theater an der Wien
- Bauer, Anton. 150 Jahre Theater an der Wien. Zurich: Amalthea, 1952. 515p.
ML1723.8 V62 O72.
The theater opened on 13 June 1801. From late 1945 to 1954 it housed the
productions of the Wiener Oper while that building was being reconstructed.
This is a scholarly narrative history, with a large foldout plan and other good
illustrations. Performance chronology, 1801–1939 and 1945–1951, without
casts. Name and topic index. - Lang, Attila. Das Theater an der Wien. Vom Singspiel zum Musical.2nd ed.
Vienna: Jugend und Volk, 1977. 134p. ISBN 3-7141-6096-5. ML1723.8 .V6
T55 L2.
A footnoted review of light opera (Lortzing, Kálmán, Offenbach, and other
standard composers, plus recent works like Gigiand Pippin), with a chronol-
ogy of premieres and a chronology of all performances from 6 October 1945
to 11 March 1976. List of directors, 1801–1965. No bibliography; name
index.
Vienna: Burgtheater
- Heartz, Daniel. “Nicholas Jadot and the Building of the Burgtheater.” MQ
68–1 (January 1982): 1–31.
The theater opened on 14 May 1748, and opera flourished there throughout
the 18th century. After 1801 and the opening of Theater an der Wien, the
Burgtheater was used more for spoken drama (its present function) but was
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