The New Grove masters of Italian opera :  Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini / 
Philip Gossett ... [et al]. 
 - New York :  Norton,  1983. 
 - 353 p. : ill. 
 - Composer biography series .
<br/><br/> Includes bibliography and index. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Opera--Biography<br/>Rossini, Gioachino, 1792-1865<br/>Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848<br/>Bellini, Vencenzo, 1801-1835<br/>Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901<br/>Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924