VIII. Periodicals, Yearbooks, and Series
A list of about 200 opera periodicals, compiled by Imogen Fellinger, is given in
NGDO3, 959–967; it includes full bibliographic data for each title. A useful list iden-
tifies periodicals about individuals:
- Basart, Ann P. “Serials Devoted to Individual Composers and Musicians: A
Checklist.” Cum notis variorum83 (1984): 14–22.
A useful list of about 100 entries, by person, with issuing body, name changes,
and Library of Congress call numbers.
These are the essential currently published periodical publications and publishers’
series about opera, along with a few expired titles that are still of value for the years
covered.
146.Avant-scène opéra,1–, 1976–. Paris: Avant-Scène, 1976–. Irregular. MT90
.A92. (Cited in this guide as ASO.)
Each issue is about an opera or several operas (usually by the same composer).
The libretto is given in the original language and in French, together with
extensive program notes, background material by various specialists, and pho-
tographs. The last one seen (October 1999) was number 191 (1999), on Boris
Godunov. Recent issues have carried lists of the earlier numbers. In Chapter
XVII of this guide, each number is noted at its respective opera.- Cambridge Opera Handbooks [series]. New York: Cambridge U.P., 1981–.
A valuable series, each volume about one opera, consisting of essays by spe-
cialists, on the libretto, production history, and analysis of the work. Volumes
do not have individual numbers in the series. The 33 volumes seen, issued
through 1998, are individually noted in Chapter XVII of this guide.
148.Cambridge Opera Journal,1–, 1989–. New York: Cambridge U.P., 1989–. 3
per year. ML5 .C255.
The principal scholarly journal of the field.