News Summary

• This generously illustrated survey of 90 halls from the past three centuries is a personal selection by the authors, enriched by recommendations from leading musical authorities.
• Our goal is to create a readable, visually alluring compendium that will appeal to lovers of music and architecture as well as cultural tourists in search of new experiences.
• It will satisfy a broad range of taste, from the intimacy of chamber music and baroque opera in period settings, to the grandeur of Verdi in La Scala and Wagner in Bayreuth.