Opera as Drama (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

An attempt to show why opera is one of the greatest forms of dramatic art, this has accounts of some of the greatest operas by Monteverdi, Gluck, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Debussy and Berg. This revised edition has new material including a section on "Idomeneo" and an epilogue on "operatic criticism". Among Professor Kerman's other books include "Beethoven" (with Alan Tyson) and "Musicology". He is the co-editor of the journal "19th-century Music", and writes regularly for "The New York Review of Books", and "Critical Enquiry".