"The opera experience" aims to offer the reader "a simple introduction to operatic history and literature" through the experiences of the Hungarian-born musicologist Paul Henry Lang, whose criticism in the New York Herald Tribune turned crowds of viewers In fans in a time of great singers and spectacular operatic productions. After an introduction to a musical genre capable of creating the most passionate debates among musicians, playwrights, thinkers of various kinds, amateurs and curious, in which the author analyzes the relationship between words and music, the playwright and composer, Nature of the libretto, etc., the work presents the names of those who have configured the genre and describes the different national schools. This new edition includes a discography prepared by the musical critic Arturo Reverter that complements and enriches a classic text that undoubtedly is one of the most profound and rigorous introductions to the opera.