Alfabetisk ordnet opslagsværk over operaer, operasangere, librettoforfattere, dirigenter, operahuse, og steder

The Operatic State examines the cultural, financial, and political investments that have gone into the maintenance of opera and opera houses in Europe, the USA

First published in 1999, this original and entertaining sociological study takes a comprehensive and critical view of opera as unique cultural artefact as loss