Editing Opera (section)

==Further reading==
* ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]'', edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] (1992), 5,448 pages, is the best, and by far the largest, general reference in the English language. {{ISBN|0-333-73432-7|1-56159-228-5}}
* ''The Viking Opera Guide'', edited by [[Amanda Holden (writer)|Amanda Holden]] (1994), 1,328 pages, {{ISBN|0-670-81292-7}}
* ''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', by [[John Warrack]] and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages, {{ISBN|0-19-869164-5}}
* ''Opera, the Rough Guide'', by Matthew Boyden et al. (1997), 672 pages, {{ISBN|1-85828-138-5}}
* ''Opera: A Concise History'', by Leslie Orrey and [[Rodney Milnes]], World of Art, [[Thames & Hudson]]
* [https://www.britannica.com/art/opera-music "Opera"], [[Herbert Weinstock]] and [[Barbara Russano Hanning]], ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''
* {{cite book |last1=Abbate |first1=Carolyn|author1-link=Carolyn Abbate|last2=Parker |first2=Roger|author2-link=Roger Parker|title=A History of Opera |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-393-05721-8 |ref=none}}
* [[Howard Mayer Brown|Brown, Howard Mayer]], "Opera", ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]''. 2001. Oxford University Press
* [[John Louis DiGaetani|DiGaetani, John Louis]]: ''An Invitation to the Opera'', Anchor Books, 1986/91. {{ISBN|0-385-26339-2}}.
* Dorschel, Andreas, 'The Paradox of Opera', ''[[The Cambridge Quarterly]]'' 30 (2001), no. 4, pp.&nbsp;283–306. {{ISSN|0008-199X}} (print). {{ISSN|1471-6836}} (electronic). Discusses the aesthetics of opera.
* {{Gutenberg book|last=Edwards|first=Henry Sutherland|authorlink=Henry Sutherland Edwards|no=40164|title=History of the Opera, from its Origin in Italy to the Present Time|location=London|publisher=[[W. H. Allen & Co.|Wm. H. Allen]]|year=1862|bullet=none|ref=none}}. {{LCCN8|42029956}}. 
* {{Gutenberg book|last=Lee|first=E. Markham|year=1909|no=76044|name=The Story of Opera|location=London|publisher=[[Walter Scott Publishing Co.]]|bullet=none}}
* [[Silke Leopold|Leopold, Silke]], "The Idea of National Opera, c. 1800", ''United and Diversity in European Culture c. 1800'', ed. [[T. C. W. Blanning|Tim Blanning]] and [[Hagen Schulze]] (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 19–34.
* MacMurray, Jessica M. and Allison Brewster Franzetti: ''The Book of 101 Opera Librettos: Complete Original Language Texts with English Translations'', Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996. {{ISBN|978-1-884822-79-7}}
* [[Samuel Holland Rous|Rous, Samuel Holland]] (1919). ''The Victrola Book of the Opera. Stories of The Operas with Illustrations...''. Camden, New Jersey: Victor Talking Machine Company. [https://archive.org/stream/victrolabookofo00rous#page/n5/mode/2up View] at [[Internet Archive]].
* Simon, Henry W.: ''A Treasury of Grand Opera'', Simon and Schuster, New York, 1946.