This book is about the drama that takes place within the world of opera and provides an insight into how opera has evolved and its functions. The Creators describes some of the ways that composers use the language of music, and liaise with their librettists. The Re-Creators explains the functions of conductors, producers, designers, repetiteurs, the chorus and orchestra, singers, the Fach system (by which voice types are categorized), understudies,...

Ballet in 3 acts, the tragic love story, set in India, of a temple dancer and a warrior. Based on an ancient Indian poem (ancient Hindu drama), Sakuntala, by Kalidasa.