Stories of the Great Operas and Their Composers

322; 335; 371 pp. Three volumes in one. CONTENTS: Volume I. Introductory Note; Tannhauser; The Mastersingers of Nuremberg; Lohengrin; Tristan and Isolde; Parsifal; The Rhinegold; The Valkyrie; Siegfried; The Twilight of the Gods; The Flying Dutchman; Richard Wagner--A Short Biography. CONTENTS: Volume II. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; The Magic Flute; Ludwig Von Beethoven: Fidelio; Gioacchino Rossini: The Barber of Seville; William Tell; Carl Maria Von Weber: Der Freischutz; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon CONTENTS: Volume III. Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Il Trovatore; Aida; Otello; Charles Francois Gounod; Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen; Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Tosca; Madam Butterfly.