Fisher, Burton D.
Overview
| Works: | 600 works in 1,894 publications in 1 language and 308,788 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Librettos Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Musical settings Autobiographies Opera programs Pictorial works Drama Stories, plots, etc Operas |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Translator, Adapter |
| Classifications: | ML50.P965, 782.12 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works by
Burton D Fisher
Bizet's Carmen by
Henri Meilhac(
)
23 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 5,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Bizet's CARMEN, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with French/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples
23 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 5,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Bizet's CARMEN, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with French/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples
Puccini's Tosca by
Luigi Illica(
)
3 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 4,944 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Puccini's Tosca is a high-voltage, powerful and sensational opera thriller that is crammed with actoin, intense, and sometimes ferocious, supercharged dramatic confrontations: a true music drama
3 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 4,944 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Puccini's Tosca is a high-voltage, powerful and sensational opera thriller that is crammed with actoin, intense, and sometimes ferocious, supercharged dramatic confrontations: a true music drama
Puccini, Manon Lescaut by
Giacomo Puccini(
)
13 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,941 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's MANON LESCAUT, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 35 music highlight examples
13 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,941 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's MANON LESCAUT, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 35 music highlight examples
Mozart's The magic flute by
Emanuel Schikaneder(
)
25 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 4,851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation
25 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 4,851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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La Bohème by
Giacomo Puccini(
)
14 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 4,772 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Love story set in the Latin Quarter in Paris amongst the Bohemian students, whose hectic gaiety only partially masks their despair and pain
14 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 4,772 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Love story set in the Latin Quarter in Paris amongst the Bohemian students, whose hectic gaiety only partially masks their despair and pain
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor by
Salvatore Cammarano(
)
3 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 4,698 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 25 music highlight examples
3 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 4,698 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 25 music highlight examples
Madam Butterfly = Madama Butterfly by
Giacomo Puccini(
)
24 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 4,536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text
24 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 4,536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text
Un ballo in maschera = A masked ball : a grand opera in three acts by
Antonio Somma(
)
10 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 3,956 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John F. Kennedy Center for the Peforming Arts, Roger L. Stevens, chairman, Martin Feinstein, executive director, The Kennedy Center presents New York City Opera, director: Julius Rudel, managing director: John S. White, "Un Ballo in Maschera," music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Somma (freely adapted from Scribe's "Gustav ou Le Bal Masque"), conducted by Imre Pallo, directed by David Hicks, assistant to Mr. Hicks: Philippe de Bros, sets designed by Eoin Sprott, costumes designed by Jose Varona, lighting by Hans Sondheimer, chorus master: George Branson Gray
10 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 3,956 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John F. Kennedy Center for the Peforming Arts, Roger L. Stevens, chairman, Martin Feinstein, executive director, The Kennedy Center presents New York City Opera, director: Julius Rudel, managing director: John S. White, "Un Ballo in Maschera," music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Somma (freely adapted from Scribe's "Gustav ou Le Bal Masque"), conducted by Imre Pallo, directed by David Hicks, assistant to Mr. Hicks: Philippe de Bros, sets designed by Eoin Sprott, costumes designed by Jose Varona, lighting by Hans Sondheimer, chorus master: George Branson Gray
Puccini's Turandot by
Giuseppe Adami(
)
21 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 3,623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's TURANDOT, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 20 music highlight examples
21 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 3,623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's TURANDOT, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 20 music highlight examples
Mozart's Don Giovanni = Don Juan by
Lorenzo Da Ponte(
)
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 3,488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mozart's Don giovanni has been considered an extraordinary work of genius, and possibly the most perfect opera ever written: "the opera of all operas."
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 3,488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mozart's Don giovanni has been considered an extraordinary work of genius, and possibly the most perfect opera ever written: "the opera of all operas."
Mozart's Così fan tutte by
Lorenzo Da Ponte(
)
2 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 3,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples
2 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 3,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comprehensive guide to Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples
Mozart's The marriage of Figaro by
Lorenzo Da Ponte(
)
22 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 3,292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation A complete, newly translated LIBRETTO of Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO featuring Music Highlight Examples and Italian/English translation side-by-side
22 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 3,292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation A complete, newly translated LIBRETTO of Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO featuring Music Highlight Examples and Italian/English translation side-by-side
Verdi's La Traviata by
Francesco Maria Piave(
)
2 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 3,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 3,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Verdi's Otello by
Arrigo Boito(
)
2 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 3,072 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 3,072 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana = Rustic chivalry. Leoncavallo's I pagliacci = The clowns by
Pietro Mascagni(
)
6 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 3,025 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 3,025 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Richard Strauss's Salome by
Richard Strauss(
)
7 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 2,996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 2,996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A history of opera : milestones and metamorphoses by
Burton D Fisher(
)
15 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 2,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a comprehensive history of modern opera, from the Camerata innovations to Minimalism and contemporary opera. What are the historic milestones? Who were the innovators? How did their innovation affect the future of opera? 18 Milestone operas are featured and analyzed, including story narrative of the operas and over 300 music examples. - Publisher
15 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 2,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is a comprehensive history of modern opera, from the Camerata innovations to Minimalism and contemporary opera. What are the historic milestones? Who were the innovators? How did their innovation affect the future of opera? 18 Milestone operas are featured and analyzed, including story narrative of the operas and over 300 music examples. - Publisher
Puccini's Suor Angelica by
Giovacchino Forzano(
)
2 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 2,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text
2 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 2,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text
Samson et Dalila = Samson and Delilah : opéra en 3 actes by
Camille Saint-Saëns(
)
8 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 2,481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text
8 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 2,481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text
The pearl fishers Les Pêcheurs de Perles by
Burton D Fisher(
)
14 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Opera Journeys Publishing Translator
- Puccini, Giacomo 1858-1924 Author
- Giacosa, Giuseppe 1847-1906 Author Librettist
- Illica, Luigi 1857-1919 Author Librettist
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo 1749-1838 Author Librettist
- Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901 Author
- Adami, Giuseppe 1878-1946 Author Librettist
- Piave, Francesco Maria 1810-1876 Author Librettist
- Strauss, Richard 1864-1949 Author
- Leoncavallo, Ruggiero 1858-1919 Author Librettist
Associated Subjects
American drama American fiction Americans Ballet programs Ballets Ballo in maschera (Verdi, Giuseppe) Bohème (Puccini, Giacomo) Bright, Kate Carmen (Bizet, Georges) Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni, Pietro) Delilah--(Biblical figure) England--London Florida--Boca Raton France Gustav--III,--King of Sweden, Interpersonal relations Italian language Italy--Bologna Italy--Venice Japan Japan--Nagasaki-shi Librettos Love Madama Butterfly (Puccini, Giacomo) Manon Lescaut (Puccini, Giacomo) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Music Nozze di Figaro (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) Opera Opera programs Operas Operas--Analysis, appreciation Operas--Excerpts Operas--Instruction and study Operas--Librettos Operas--Scenarios Operas--Scores Operas--Vocal scores with piano Pagliacci (Leoncavallo, Ruggiero) Performances Puccini, Giacomo, Québec--Sherbrooke Salome (Strauss, Richard) Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns, Camille) Théâtre-Italien (Paris, France) Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Turandot (Puccini, Giacomo) Verdi, Giuseppe, Verismo (Opera) Zauberflöte (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
