Stories of Favorite Operas

<p>Opera belongs to everyone and its appeal knows no age limit. Clyde Robert Bulla presents twenty-three stories on which his favorite musical dramas are based. They are all so lively and vivid that the reader has the sense of being there as the stories unfold.</p><p>The composers presented cover the field well from Mozart through Rossini Gounod to Puccini and Richard Strauss. A brief introduction to each opera gives its origin and tells about its first performance. Biographical notes about each composer are included at the end.</p><p>Black and white line drawings by Robert Galster.</p>