- Tolón, Edwin Teurbe, and Jorge A. Gonzáles. Óperas cubanas y sus autores.
Havana: Ucar, 1943. 472p. ML1714 .T6.
A scholarly study of 12 composers, with portraits. No bibliography or index.
The same authors also wrote Historia del teatro en La Habana(Santa Clara,
Cuba: U. Central de las Villas, 1961; IOM 1123). - Gonzalez, Jorge Antonio. Composición operística en Cuba.Havana: Letras
Cubanas, 1986. 591p. No ISBN. ML1714 .G63.
A general undocumented narrative, with program notes on the operas. Very
poor illustrations and musical examples. No bibliography or index.
Czech Republic
The country of Czechoslovakia was divided in 1993 into two new nations: Czech
Republic (capital: Prague, or Praha), which includes the old Bohemia and Moravia,
and Slovakia (capital: Bratislava). Most of the literature on music was written under
the earlier designation, so the qualifier “Czech” may refer to both Czech and Slova-
kian music.
- Tyrrell, John. Czech Opera. New York: Cambridge U.P., 1988. xvi, 325p.
ISBN 0-521-23531-6. ML1724 .T95.
A valuable, documented history of opera written to Czech texts, beginning in - Works of Smetana and Janácek are given much attention. Musical and
literary factors are considered, with useful consideration of meter and inflec-
tion in the Czech language and approaches to vocal aspects. Bibliography of
about 150 items, index. - Eckstein, Pavel. A Brief Outline of Czechoslovak Opera. Prague: Theatre
Institute, 1964. 115p. ML1724 .E3.
Historical survey; list of operas with name of librettist, premiere data, and
photos. No index. - Eckstein, Pavel. The Czechoslovak Contemporary Opera: Pictures and Infor-
mation. Prague: Panton, 1967. 50p. ML1724.5 .E26.
Text in English and German. Photos and brief descriptions of 50 operas pre-
miered between 1921 and 1966. - Teuber, Oscar. Geschichte des Prager Theaters.Prague: Hasse, 1883–1888. 3v.
in 2. PN2859 .C9 T4.
A narrative of all theaters, with many casts, but no actual chronology. Index. - “Tschechische und slowakische Opern seit 1946.” Musikbühne1975: 141–
A list of 125 operas in date order, with librettists and premiere information.
Titles are in the original languages, with German translations. In the same
issue of the journal there is a list of about 125 operettas written since 1946.
The list of premieres is carried through 1979 in v.4 of Oper heute(#151).
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