A pictorial history of the first eighteen years of Opera Siam, the maverick Thai opera company, lavishly illustrated.

From its beginnings as a company producing works "akin to community theater" to creations, in the words of London's Opera Magazine "as good as any production from any house in Europe" -- this book tells the tale in full color photographs. From a kabuki-based Turn of the Screw to a Chagall-inspired Boheme, from mainstream works like Butterfly and The Magic Flute to Southeast Asian premieres like Brundibar and The Diary of Anne Frank to the first Wagner productions in the region to the groundbreaking operas of its artistic director, Somtow Sucharitkul. this book is a complete record.