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Table of Contents

Foreword by Gwyn Richards
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Premieres and Firsts
2. The Core of the Matter
3. Other Classics
4. On the Road
5. Musicals and the Light
6. Off the Beaten Path
7. Behind the Scenes
Appendix 1. Operas Performed by Season
Appendix 2. Operas Performed by Title
Appendix 3. Singers, Roles Performed, and Operas
Appendix 4. Conductors, Stage Director, Choreographer, Set Designer

About the Author

Marianne Williams Tobias is author of Classical Music Without Fear: A Guide for General Audiences (IUP, 2003) and an accomplished pianist, public radio commentator, lecturer, and writer.

Reviews

"[The Indiana University Opera Theater] has struck me as just about the most serious and consistently satisfying of all American opera companies." Andrew Porter, The New Yorker "It's the best performance in my life and my most important work." Ned Rorem, on IU Opera Theater world premiere of Our Town