A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses / Opera Classics Library Series; About the Author; A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses: Title Page; Opera Journeys publications; Contents; A Prelude; Chapter One: The Birth of Modern Opera: The First 150 Years

1500 to 1750; Chapter two: Handel and Baroque Opera; Chapter three: Gluck: Returning to Ideals; Chapter four: French Baroque Opera: Lully and Rameau; Chapter five: Mozart and the Classical Era; Chapter six: Carl Maria von Weber: German Romanticism; Chapter seven: Rossini and Opera Buffa.