孟超美、吴力菡、安竑宇编著的《世界歌剧画廊》沿着西方音乐史的脉络，按照歌剧所特有的"幕与场"的形式进行编排，为读者还原了一部完整的歌剧"作品"；"剧"中精心选取了大量图片、谱例、音频和视频资料，力图将这部历史的"大歌剧"立体地呈现在观众面前，使读者犹如徜徉在光影声色的歌剧画廊中。 作为《世界歌剧画廊》内容的补充，随书光盘不仅收录了书中提及的音像资料（曲目列表见附录），还增加了大量扩展性的文字、图片和音频资料。光盘内容以"时一作曲家生辰，空——世界著名歌剧院，史——西方歌剧发展史，论——歌剧相关知识"四个板块为依托，读者可从不同路径进入并播放音频和视频文件。光盘收录的音乐覆盖面广，涵盖了包括古希腊、中世纪、近代直至现代各个时期在内的珍贵的音像资料。所选的资料大多出自不同的唱片公司，每一曲目都提供原唱片出处供读者参考，读者可以从中体味几千年来音乐风格的变幻、歌剧形式的发展以及不同版本的演绎。(The World Opera Gallery composed by Meng Chaomei, Wu Lihan and An Hongyu is edited in the form of screen and stage of opera along with the line of western music history to restore a complete opera for readers. A large number of pictures, spectral cases, audio and video are selected in the opera to show this historical opera to audience in three-dimensional way, making readers walk in the light melody opera gallery. As supplement to the book, video (program list and appendix) and a large amount of expansive words, pictures and audio data are added. The book is divided into four parts, including time, space, history and theory. In the section of time, the birthdate of composers are listed. In the section of space, world famous opera house is included. In the section of history, the development history of western opera is included. In the part of theory, the related knowledge of opera is included. The author may access and play audio and video through different paths. There are a large amount of music recorded in the disc, including precious audio material in ancient Greek, middle Ages, modern times and contemporary times. Most of the selected data originate from different record companies, with each track providing the original source for reader's reference. Readers can feel music style changes for thousands of years, development of opera forms and different versions of the deduction. )