The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon examines how opera has become the concrete edifice it was never meant to be, by looking at how it evolved from a market entirely driven by novelty to one of the most arthritically canonic art forms still in existence.
| Genres | Theory |
| Media | Book(softcover, stapled) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780190224202 |