Table of Contents

"A daring experiment"; Britten, opera and television; trial by television.

About the Author

JENNIFER BARNES is Assistant Principal and Dean of Studies at Trinity College of Music, London.

Reviews

The book's downbeat subtitle says it all: the genre seems to be dying on its shaky feet. It is a slightly esoteric subject, but one the author has pursued with laudable persistence based on extensive research.
*GRAMOPHONE*

[This] study is a significant contribution to the growth of the still-young scholarship on mediated opera.
*NOTES*

Packed with closely researched detail, precisely and elegantly argued. It makes for compulsive and intelligent reading.
*BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE*