The Complete Opera Book / The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation

A

Abimelech, 725

Adalgisa, 326 ff.

ADAM, ADOLPHE CHARLES, 467, 497

Adams, Suzanne, 45, 516

Adina, 335 ff.

Adriano, 94 ff.

Æneas, 539, 541

Aennchen, 64 ff.

Afron, Prince, 829

Aegisthus, 804

Agathe, 64 ff.

Agnes, 816

Agramente, Mother, 765

Ah-Joe, 686 ff.

Aïda, 1, 6, 7, 90, 433, 438, 439, 466, 602, 618, 672

Alain, 728

Alberich, 89, 141, 148, 208

Albert, 748

Alboni, 306, 308

Alceste, 493

Alcindoro, 643 ff.

Alda, Frances, 458, 466, 602, 680, 762, 841

Alessandro Stradella, 559

Alessio, 319 ff.

Alfio, 612 ff.

Alfonso, 52, 53, 496

Alfonso XI., 359 ff.

Ali, 762

Alice, 343 ff., 501 ff.

Aline, 767

Alisa, 343

Allaine, 760

Almaviva, 308

Almaviva, Count, 23 ff., 295 ff.

Almaviva, Countess, 23 ff.

Almério, 762

Alston, Elizabeth, 23

Althouse, Paul, 834, 836, 843

Altichiara, 680 ff.

Alvar, Don, 524 ff.

Alvarado, Juan Baptista, 838

Alvarez, M., 458, 516, 543, 736, 745

Alvaro, Don, 437 ff.

Alvary, Max, 69, 140, 148, 191, 208, 227

Alvise, 482 ff.

Amato, Pasquale, 14, 427, 475, 482, 587, 602, 622, 639, 674, 680, 690, 707, 841

Ambré, Mme., 586

Ambrosio, 295

Amelfa, 829

Amelia (Adelia), 427 ff.

Amfortas, 272 ff.

Amico Fritz, L', 618 ff.

Amina, 319 ff.

Amneris, 439 ff.

Amodio, 402, 416, 531

Amonasro, 439 ff.

Amor, God of Love, 9 ff.

Amore Medici, L', 698

Anacoana, 718 ff.

Ananian, Paolo, 765

Ancona, 359, 602, 628

Andrès, 724

André Chénier, 712 ff.

Andromache, 539

ANGELINO, 638

Angelo (Director), 434

Angelotti, Cesare, 653 ff.

Angioletta, 765

Angrisani, Carlo, 44, 295

Anita, 746

Anna, 523 ff., 541, 639, 720, 764

Anna Bolena, 334

Anne, 466 ff.

Annetta, 718 ff.

Annina, 416 ff., 807

Anschütz, Carl (Director), 69

Antipas, Herod, 801

Antognini, Signor, 333

Antonia, 724

Antonio, 23 ff., 367 ff., 581 ff., 622 ff.

Aphrodite, 756 ff.

Araline, Mme., 62

Araquil, 746

ARBELL, LUCY (Librettist), 750

Archibaldo, 690 ff.

Arden, Cecil, 765

ARDITI, 306

Ariadne, 813

Ariadne (Arianna), 5

Ariadne auf Naxos, 813

Ariane, 759 ff.

Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, 759

Arianna (Ariadne), 5

Ariofarno, 715

Arkel, 752 ff.

Arlecchino, 705 ff., 814

Armide, 8, 20, 85, 493

Armide, 14 ff.

Armuth, Lena, 721

Arnold, 313 ff.

Arnoldson, Sigrid, 748

Arnolfo, 706

Arontes, 15 ff.

Arrigo, 436 ff.

Arsaces, 310 ff.

Artaxerxes, 4

Artemidore, 15 ff.

Arth, 840

Arturo, 343

Ascanio, 536 ff.

Ascanius, 539, 541

Asdrubale, Don, 719

Ashby, 674 ff.

Ashton, Lord Henry, 343 ff.

Assad, 773

Assur, 310 ff.

Astaroth, 773

Astolfo, 339 ff.

Astyonax, 539

Astrofiammante, Queen of the Night, 45

Asvezel Moslain, Khan, 767

Athanaël, 732

Attaque du Moulin, L', 758 ff.

AUBER, DANIEL FRANÇOIS ESPRIT, 2, 306, 426, 496, 498, 510

Audisio, Pietro, 765, 844

Autharite, 752

Avito, 690 ff.

Azema, 310 ff.

Azucena, 403 ff.

B

Baal Hanau, 773

Bacchis, 757

Bacchus, 813

Bada, Angelo, 765

Baglioni, Antonio, 32

Bahis, Dr., 706

Baklanoff, Georges, 767

Balducci, 536 ff.

BALFE, 467

Ballo in Maschera, Un, 426, 438

Balthazar, 359 ff.

Bandrowski, Alexander Van, 830

Baptista, 772

Barbarina, 23 ff.

Barber of Bagdad, The, 770

Barber of Seville, 7, 22, 25, 295, 307, 308, 315, 376, 742

BARBIER, JULES (Librettist), 23, 531, 535, 562, 565, 574, 580, 585, 723

Barbieri, Mme., 44

Bardolph, 466 ff.

Barili, Clothilda, 367

Barnaba, 482 ff.

Baroncello, 94 ff.

Barré, 585

Barrientos, Maria, 849

Bartet, Miss, 728

Bartolo, 719

Bartolo, Doctor, 23 ff., 295 ff.

BARTON, GEORGE EDWARDS (Librettist), 833

Basilio, 295

Bassett, Charles, 612

Bassi, Signor, 32, 699

Bastien, 52

Bastien and Bastienne, 51

Bastienne, 52

BATKA, RICHARD (Libretttist), 781, 788

Bayer, Julius, 272, 776, 844

Beale, Kittie, 765

Beatrice, 583, 704 ff.

Beatrice and Benedict, 538

BEAUMARCHAIS (Librettist), 23

Beckmesser, Sixtus, 246 ff.

BEETHOVEN, 22, 54, 55, 56, 77

Behne, Harriet, 665

Belcore, 335 ff.

Belhomme, M., 724

BELL-RANSKE, JUTTA (Librettist), 834

Bellangère, 760

Bellati, 665

Bellini, Laura, 612

BELLINI, VINCENZO, 1, 318 ff., 325, 329, 334, 376, 493, 608

Benedict, 538

BENELLI, SEM (Librettist), 690

Benjamin, 495

Benoit, 643 ff.

Benson, Mrs., 725

Benvenuto Cellini, 535 ff.

Benvolio, 575 ff.

Beppe, 619 ff., 628 ff.

Berardengo, Ser Toldo, 680 ff.

Bérat, Louis, 699

Bergmann, Carl (Director), 63, 107

BERGMÜLLER, ROBERT, 559

BERLIOZ, HECTOR, 13, 63, 78, 85, 535, 542

Bernal, 832

Bernardino, 536 ff.

BERNÈDE, ARTHUR (Librettist), 749

BERNHARD, A. (Librettist), 825

Bersi, 713 ff.

Berta, 295

Bertel, 781

Bertha, 516 ff.

BERTONI, FERNANDINO, 12

Bertram, the Unknown, 501

Bervoix, Flora, 416 ff.

Besenbinder, Der, 776

Betrothed, The (I Promessi Sposi), 481

Bettaque, Katti, 148

Bettini, 501

Betz, 89

BEY, MARIETTE (Librettist), 439

Beyle, Leon, 756

Biachi, Hannibal, 562

Bianca, 772

Biancofiore, 680 ff.

Biaso, 699 ff.

BIELSKY, V., 829

BIERBAUM, OTTO JULIUS (Librettist), 791

Bignardi, 386

BIS (Librettist), 317

Bischoff, A., 163

Bispham, David, 52, 227, 375, 830

BISHOP, HENRY ROWLEY, 30

Bishop, Mme. Anna, 546

Biterolf, 107 ff.

BIZET, GEORGES, 2, 494, 510, 586, 601, 603, 728

Black Lorenzo, 836

Blanchefleur, 788

Blass, M., 272, 830

BLAU, EDOUARD (Librettist), 742, 747

BLECH, 781

Bloch, Max, 772, 844

Blue-Beard, 759 ff.

Blum, A., 163

Bobadilla, 718 ff.

BODANZKY, ARTUR, 769, 773, 844

Bohème, La (Leoncavallo), 628

Bohème, La (Puccini), 638, 643 ff.

Bohner, Mrs. Jennie, 612

BOIELDIEU, FRANÇOIS ADRIEN, 495

BOÏTO, ARRIGO (Librettist), 458, 466, 474, 480, 482, 715

Bombardon, 779

Bonci, 329, 372, 639

Bondini, Teresa, 32

Boniface, 747

Bonnard, 745

Bonze, The, 665 ff.

Borghese, Signora, 333

Borgia, Lucrezia, 339 ff.

Bori, 620, 686, 690

Boris Godounoff, 822

BORODIN, 819

Borov, 720

Borsa, 387 ff.

Bosio, Signorina, 501, 503

Bostana, 771

Botta, 620, 686

BOUILLY (Librettist), 55

Boy, 440

Braendle, Miss, 272

Brander, 543 ff.

Brangäne, 227 ff.

Brandt, Marianne, 62, 69, 117, 163, 236, 272, 516

Braun, 18, 504

Braun, 781

Braslau, Sophie, 834

Brayole, Captain, 788

BREIL, JOSEPH, 836

Brema, 516

Bressler-Gianoli, 586, 602

Bret, Le, 841

BREUNING (Librettist), 54

Bréval, Lucienne, 729, 752

Bridewell, Carrie, 752

Brighella, 814

Brignoli, 339, 402, 416, 513, 585

Broschi, Carlo, 4

Brough, 319

BRÜLL, 779

BRUNEAU, ALFRED, 758

Brünnhilde, 7, 89, 140, 142, 146, 164, 208

Bucklaw, Lord Arthur, 343 ff.

BUNGE, RUDOLF (Librettist), 784

Burgstaller, 272

Burton, 832

Butterfly, Madam (Cio-Cio-San), 665 ff.

Butterfly, Madama, 638, 644, 664

BYRNE, JACQUES (Librettist), 836

C

Cadi, 762

CADMAN, CHARLES WAKEFIELD, 834

CAIN, HENRI (Librettist), 743, 745, 749

Cajus, Dr., 466 ff.

Calatrava, Marquis di, 437 ff.

Caliph, The, 771

Calife de Bagdad, Le, 495

Callidès, 756 ff.

Calvé, Mme., 475, 543, 564, 586, 602, 604, 612, 618, 745

CALZABIGI, RANIERO DI (Librettist), 9

Cambiale di Matrimonio, La, 294

CAMMARANO, SALVATORE (Librettist), 343, 372, 402

Campanari, 23, 628

Campanello di Notte, Il, 334, 374 ff.

Campanini, Cleofante (Director), 354, 458, 466, 611, 665, 699

Campanini, Italo, 117, 343, 354, 359, 402, 437, 440, 475, 503, 531, 546, 562, 586, 587

Campbell, Miss, 612

Canio, 628 ff.

Canissa, Pauline, 163

Canterbury Pilgrims, The, 843

Capoul, 575, 580

Capulet, Count, 575 ff.

Caradoc, 840

Carlos, Don, 377, 437, 438

Carmela, 699 ff.

Carmelita, 836

Carmen, 2, 303, 510, 586, 587, 603

Caroline, Queen, 708 ff.

CARRÉ, MICHEL (Librettist), 2, 531, 562, 565, 574, 580, 585, 603, 723