Publisher's Synopsis
Venice, Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1642)
London, Handel's Rinaldo (1711)
Vienna, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Milan, Verdi's Nabucco (1842)
Paris, Wagner's Tannhäuser (1861)
Dresden, Strauss' Salome (1905)
St Petersburg, Shostakovitch's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1934)
This book will fascinate seasoned opera goers and history buffs alike.