Jeffrey Langford (New York, NY) is Assistant Dean for Doctoral Studies and Chair of the Music History Department at Manhattan School of Music, where he has taught courses in the history of opera for nearly 30 years. He also frequently presents pre-concert lectures at the Metropolitan Opera. Professor Langford has written articles on the operas of Verdi and Berlioz, and he is the author of the annotated bibliography Hector Berlioz: A Guide to Research (Garland Press).