- Abascal Brunet, Manuel. Apuntes para la historia del teatro en Chile: La zar-
zuela grande.Santiago: Imprenta Universitaria, 1941–1951. 2v. ML1717.A25.
A footnoted historical study of the period 1628–1882, with facts about singers
and a chronology of performances. Bibliography of 20 entries, name indexes. - Ribera, Salvador A., and Luis Alberto Aguila. La ópera. Santiago, 1895.
Not seen. Described by Kaufmanas a general opera dictionary, useful for its
chronology of performances at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, 1873–1895,
and rosters of singers for each season.
Further references are available in:
- Pereira Salas, Eugenio. Bio-bibliografía musical de Chile desde los origenes a
- Santiago: Universidad de Chile, 1978. 136p. ML106 .C5 P4.
A biographical dictionary of 199 composers with worklists.
Colombia
- Perdomo Escobar, José Ignacio. La ópera en Colombia. Bogotá: Litografía
Arco, 1979. 107p. ML1717 .C6 P43.
A fine account of native opera composers, singers and companies, theaters,
and periodicals. A list of operas performed in the country, by composer, shows
primarily the standard European works, but a number of Latin composers are
included. Good color plates; partly annotated bibliography of about 50 items.
No index. Operatic topics are also covered in the same author’s Historia de la
música en Colombia(3rd ed.; Bogotá: Editorial ABC, 1963; IOM1083).
Another useful general history is Andrés Pardo Tovar, La cultura musical en
Colombia(Bogotá: Lerner, 1966; IOM1082).
Croatia
The country declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The chapter on
music in Croatia: Land, People, Culture, ed. Francis Eterovich (Toronto: U. of
Toronto Press, 1964), identifies leading opera singers and Zagreb’s operatic institu-
tions. The only substantial study of opera seen is in Serbo-Croatian:
- Zagreb. Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste. Sto godina opere, 1870/71–1970/71.
Zagreb: Graficki Zavod Hrvatske, 1971. Not paged. ML1751.8 Z3.
Commemorates the first centennial of the national theater. Includes a historical
text with illustrations and a chronology. Also portraits of artists, composer
index.
2196.Enciklopedija Hrvatskoga Narodnoga Kazalista u Zagreb, 1894–1969.
Zagreb: Graficki Zavod Hrvatske, 1969. 721p.
Not seen. It is described as an encyclopedia of the national theater, with entries
for plays, operas, and performers.
Cuba
- Orovio, Helio. Diccionario de la música cubana: Biográfico y técnico. 2nd ed.
Havana: Letras Cubanas, 1992. 516p. ISBN 9-5910-0048-X. ML106 .C8 O76.
Not seen.
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