Opera

in the subject index (caution: the index citations are to page numbers, not item

numbers). The titles are mostly brief notices and biographical pieces about

singers, but two academic papers seem substantial:

2184. Cooper, Dorith Rachel. “Opera in Montréal and Toronto: A Study of Perfor-
      mance Traditions and Repertoire, 1783–1980,” Ph.D. diss., U. of Toronto,


2185. xxx, 1,399p.


2186. Barrière, Mireille. “La société canadienne-française et le théâtre lyrique à
      Montréal entre 1840 et 1913.” Ph.D. diss., U. Laval, 1990. xv, 583p.


2187. Cancelled entry.
      2187.Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.2nd ed. Ed. Helmut Kallmann et al.
      Toronto: U. of Toronto Press, 1992. xxxii, 1,524p. ISBN 0-8020-2881-0.
      ML106 .C3 E52.
      First edition, 1981. Also in French: Encyclopédie de la musique au Canada
      (Montreal: Fides, 1993). More than 3,000 articles, covering all aspects of
      music, with emphasis on biographical material. The article “Opera Composi-
      tion” lists about 50 Canadian operas. “Opera Performance” is a survey from


2188. There are also entries for Opéra de Montréal, Opéra de Québec, Opéra
      Français, Opera Guild of Montreal, Opera Hamilton, Opera West, and Opéra
      National de Québec.


2189. Baille, Joan Parkhill, and William Kilbourn. Look at the Record: An Album of
      Toronto’s Lyric Theatres, 1825–1984.Oakville, Ont.; New York: Mosaic
      Press, 1985. 293p. ISBN 0-88962-236-1. ML1713 .B24.
      A picture book, arranged by theater (50 are covered), giving plans,
      interior/exterior views, and reproductions of newspaper pages. Chronologies
      for the theaters (1825–1984) as well as opera lists by title and composer. Name
      and title index.


2190. Canadian Music Centre. List of Canadian Operas Available from the Cana-
      dian Music Centre.Toronto: The Centre, 1982. 20p.
      Current news of national and international operatic life, with calendars and
      notices, is given in Opera Canada,1960–, a quarterly issued by the Canadian
      Opera Association.

See also #141 and #144.

Chile

2190. Cánepa Guzmán, Mario. La ópera en Chile, 1839–1930. Santiago: Alonso
      Ovalle, 1976. 305p. ML1717 .C5 C3.
      A straightforward general history with some footnotes. Good portraits of the
      singers. Bibliography of about 50 items, no index.

Opera is covered adequately in two general histories: Eugenio Pereira Salas, Historia
de la música en Chile, 1850–1900(Santiago: Editorial del Pacífico, 1957; IOM1051),
and Samuel Claro Valdés, Historia de la música en Chile(Santiago: Orbe, 1973; IOM
1052). One book is entirely about light opera:

Chile 411