taining crosswords and opera quizzes (the latter, by M. Owen Lee, could be
much easier).
157.Opernwelt,1–, 1960–. Velber bei Hanover: Opernwelt, 1960–. Monthly. ML5
.O672.
Publisher and location vary. Discussions of performances, worldwide; inter-
views, articles, recording reviews.- Ozer, Jerome S. Opera Annual U.S., 1984–85.Englewood, N.J.: Author, 1988.
642p. ISBN 0-89198-132-2; ISSN 0899–3645. ML1699 .O6.
A valuable yearbook, apparently to appear no more. It gave an inventory of
operas staged by the four major American companies (in New York, Chicago,
and San Francisco) and a selection of regional companies, arranged by opera.
With onstage photos, photocopies of programs, and reprints of reviews. Name
index. No further volumes had appeared as of July 1999. - Rororo Opernbücher [series]. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch,
1981–1989.
Each of the 28 volumes is about one opera (in one case, two operas). For each
opera there are scholarly essays on genesis and productions, chronologies, let-
ters, analyses, bibliographies, discographies, and the libretto in German.
Library of Congress record shows no holdings after 1989.
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