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

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The book presents concise synopses of a wide range of operas grouped by schools and composers, accompanied by musical notation of principal airs and motifs. It outlines the plots and dramatic highlights of each work, summarizes stylistic characteristics across Italian, French, German, Russian, and modern theaters, and provides composer-focused discussions and performance notes. Illustrations and portraits appear alongside indexes and curated lists of leading numbers, while editorial notes guide readers on editorial inconsistencies in early editions. The arrangement balances narrative summaries with musical examples to serve both general readers and performers seeking an accessible reference to opera repertoire.

Caruso, 14, 335, 337, 339, 343, 354, 386, 388, 402, 412, 426, 475, 482, 504, 516, 546, 564, 587, 602, 604, 611, 620, 622, 640, 665, 674, 714

Cary, Annie Louise, 117, 359, 402, 437, 440, 475, 503, 585

Case, Anna, 807

Cassandra, 539

Cassio, 459 ff.

Castelmary, 557

Castiglione, 765

CASTIL-BLAZE (Librettist), 299, 307

Castor and Pollux, 1

Castro, José, 675, 838

CATALINA, ALFRED, 719

Caterina, 619 ff.

Catherine, 530

CAVALIERI, CATERINA, 43

Cavalieri, Lina, 640, 715, 749

Cavalleria Rusticana, 609, 610, 612, 626, 698, 707, 746

CAVALLI, 5

Cavaradossi, Mario, 652 ff.

Cellini, Benvenuto, 536 ff.

Cendrillon, 728, 745

Ceprano, Count, 386 ff.

Ceprano, Countess, 387 ff.

Cesano,765

Cesare Borgia, 627

Cesarini, Duke (Director), 300

Chaliapine, 475

Chalmers, Thomas, 762, 834

Chappelou, 497

Chapuis, 601

Charles, Vicomte de Sirval, 367 ff.

Charlotte, 748

Charming, Prince, 745

CHARPENTIER, GUSTAVE, 750

Chaucer, 843

Chemineau, Le, 766

Chénier, André, 713 ff.

CHERUBINI, LUIGI, 493, 494

Cherubino, 23 ff.

Chiarina, 765

Chim-Fen, 686 ff.

Chimaris, 757

Chimène, 742

Chonita, 832

CHOPIN, 306

CHORLEY (Librettist), 574

Chorœbus, 539

Christian, 841

Christine, 779

Chrysis, 757

Chrysothemis, 804

Ciccillo, 699 ff.

Cid, Le, 742

Cieca, La, 482 ff.

Cinderella, 745

Cinti-Damoreau, Mlle., 501

CIVINI, G., 674

CLARETIE, JULES (Librettist), 745

Clarke, Payne, 612

Claudio, 538

Clemenza di Tito, 51

Cleo, 788

Cleopatra, 750

Cléopâtre, 750

Clitandro, 706

Clotilda, 326 ff.

Clytemnestra, 804

Cochenille, 724

Colas, 52, 779

COLAUTTI (Librettist), 720

Coletti, 503, 562

Colin, 562

Collin, M., 724

Colline, 643 ff.

Colombina, 704 ff.

Colombo, Cristoforo, 717 ff.

Colonna, Steffano, 94 ff.

Comare, La, 719

Concetta, 699 ff.

Conchita, 685, 716

Conchita, 716 ff.

Conried, Heinrich (Director), 272, 612, 804

Contes d'Hoffmann, Les, 723

CONVERSE, FREDERICK SHEPHERD, 832, 833

Coppélius, 724

Coq d'Or, Le, 828

Coquelin, 728

Cordier, 531

Corentino, 531 ff.

CORMON (Librettist), 603

CORNEILLE, 742

CORNELIUS, PETER, 769, 770

Corregidor, Der, 792

Corsi, Pini, 674

Cortez, Fernando, 80

Cortez, 765

Cosse, 504 ff.

Così Fan Tutte, 24, 52

COSTA, 63, 78

Crabbe, Mr., 837

Cremonini, 359, 652

Crepusculum, 627

Crespel, 724

Cricket on the Hearth, The, 775

Crisogono, 721

Crispino e La Comare, 718 ff.

Crispino, 718 ff.

Cristoforo Colombo, 717 ff.

Crivelli, Signor, 295

Cuno, 63 ff.

Cyril, 720

Cyrano de Bergerac, 832, 841

Czar und Zimmermann (Czar and Carpenter), 80

D

Dafne, 4

Daland, 98 ff.

Dalila, 725

Dalmorès, Charles, 543, 587, 602, 749

Dame Blanche, La, 495

Damian, 784

Damnation de Faust, La, 535, 542 ff.

Damrosch, Dr. Leopold (Director), 62, 90, 107, 163, 498, 523, 542, 830

DAMROSCH, WALTER, 832, 841

d'Angelo, Louis, 836

Danielo, 765

Danish Knight, The, 15 ff.

DA PONTE, LORENZO (Librettist), 29, 30, 31, 44, 52

David, 247 ff., 619 ff.

DÉBUSSY, 2, 752

Defrère, Désiré, 767

D'ENNERY, M. (Librettist), 742

de Gebel, Frida, 163

DE GRAMONT, LOUIS (Librettist), 756

DE KOVEN, REGINALD, 843

DELAVIGNE (Librettist), 496, 501

DELDEVEZ, EDOUARD, 559

DELIBES, 724

Delmas, M., 736

Delpouget, M., 736

Del Puente, 402, 503, 562, 586, 612, 736

de Luca, Giuseppe, 628, 665, 762

Demellin, 756

Démétrios, 756 ff.

de Reszke, Édouard, 45, 208, 227, 246, 440, 503, 516, 523

de Reszke, Jean, 23, 45, 140, 208, 227, 246, 426, 503, 516, 523, 542, 575, 563, 586, 736, 748

DESCHAMPS (Librettist), 503

Deschamps-Jéhin, Mme., 750

Desdemona, 459 ff.

de Segurola, Andrés, 674, 762

Desfonandres, Dr., 706

Despina, 52

Despréaux, 707 ff.

d'Este, Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, 339 ff.

Destinn, E., 427, 466, 475, 482, 504, 665, 674

Deux Journées, Les, 493

Diable, Le, 728

Diana, 18 ff.

Dido, 541

Didur, Adamo, 516, 622, 674, 686, 690, 765, 776

Diego, Don, 524 ff., 742

Diemut, 797

Dilthey, Minnie, 9

Dimitri, the Pretender, 822

di Murska, Ilma, 531

Dinh-Gilly, 674

Dinorah, 531 ff.

Dinorah, ou le Pardon de Ploërmel, 500, 530

Di Silva, Don Ruy Gomez, 377 ff.

Djamileh, 605

Djamileh, 605

Dmitri, 720

d'Obigny, Marquis, 416 ff.

Dodon, King, 828

Dolci, Alessandro, 720

Dominique, 759

Donati, 679

Don Carlos, 437, 441

Donella, 680 ff.

DONIZETTI, 1, 308, 334, 359, 366, 372, 376, 493, 608

Donne Curiose, Le, 698, 704

Donner, 89, 148

Dorabella, 52

D'ORINVILLE (Librettist), 720

Doris, 788

Dorus, Mlle., 501

Dot, 775

Douphol, Baron, 416 ff.

Duca d'Alba, Il, 366

Dufranne, Mr., 729, 837

Dufriche, 652, 745, 752

DUKAS, PAUL, 759

Dulcamara, 335 ff.

Dulcinée, La belle, 743 ff.

DU LOCLE, CAMILLE (Librettist), 752

Duprez, 313, 343

Durham, Lady Harriet, 546 ff.

Dursel, 788

Dusk of the Gods, The, 89

Dutchman, The, 98

DUVAL, ALEXANDER (Librettist), 495

DU WAILLY (Librettist), 535

E

Eames, Emma, 23, 140, 246, 402, 426, 458, 466, 475, 564, 575, 586, 612, 620, 715, 748

Easton, Florence, 622, 769, 835

EBERHARDT, NELLE RICHMOND (Librettist), 834

Eboli, Princess, 438

Edgar, 639

Edgar of Ravenswood, 343 ff.

Edgardo, 343, 608

Edmund, 640 ff.

Egener, Minnie, 844

Eislinger, Ulrich, 246 ff.

El Dancairo, 587 ff.

Eleanora, 704 ff.

Elektra, 769, 804

Elektra, 804

Elena, 475 ff.

Elisa, Princess, 708 ff.

Elizabeth, 107 ff.

Elizabeth, St., 769

Ellen, 725

Ellis, Mary, 765

Elopement from the Serail, The (Belmonte und Constance), 52

El Remendado, 587 ff.

Elsa of Brabant, 117 ff.

Else, 781

Elvino, 319 ff.

Elvira, 330, 377, 608

Elvira, Donna, 31 ff.

Emilia, 459 ff.

Engel, Friedrich, 787

Engel, Lotta, 776

Enrico, 343, 375

Enrico di Borgogna, 335

Ensorcelée, L', 764

Enya, 840

Erda, 89, 140, 142, 148

Eric, 98 ff.

ERLANGER, CAMILLE, 756

Ernani, 377, 385

Ernani, 608

Ernani, John, of Aragon, 377 ff.

Ernesto, 372 ff.

Eroshka, 820

Escamillo, 587 ff.

Eschenbach, Wolfram von, 107 ff.

Esmeralda, 816

Estella, 716 ff.

ÉTIENNE, V.J. ("JOUY"), 313

Eugen Onegin, 825, 828

Euryanthe, 63, 69, 77, 85

Eurydice, 9 ff.

Eva, 247 ff.

Evangelimann, Der, 787

Everton, Amy, 834

Everton, Mrs., 834

F

Fabrizio, 718 ff.

Fafner, 141, 148

Fairies, The, 82

Falstaff, 7, 376, 466, 480, 847

Falstaff, Sir Henry, 466 ff.

Fanciulla del West, La, 638, 674

Faniska, 494

Farlaf, 818

Farneti, Marie, 620

Farrar, Geraldine, 23, 45, 565, 586, 602, 611, 622, 665, 705, 707, 741, 765, 776

Fasolt, 141, 148

Fatimah, 762

Faure, 45, 531, 562, 585

Faust, 7, 79, 510, 561, 562

Faust, 475, 543, 562

Favart, 788

Favorita, La, 334, 359

Fedora, 714, 720

Fedora, Princess, 720

Feldlager in Schlesien, Das, 500, 530

Fenella, 496

Fenton, 466 ff.

Feodor, 822

Ferdinand, 359 ff.

Fernando, 850

Fernando Cortez, 80

Fernando, Don, 54 ff.

Ferrando, 52, 402

Ferrari-Fontana, 690

Feuersnot, 769, 796

FEVRIER, HENRY, 761

Fiamina, 729

Fidelio, 22, 54, 56, 62, 77

Fides, 516 ff.

Fieramosca, 536 ff.

Figaro, 23, 24, 295, 309

Figaro, Marriage of, 51, 295

Figlia del Reggimento, La, 334, 355

Figliuol Prodigo, Il, 481

Filipievna, 825

Fille de Roland, La, 763

Finn, 818

Fiordiligi, 52

Fiorello, 295

Fischer, Emil, 69, 117, 140, 148, 191, 208, 227, 246

Fitziu, Anna, 719

Flaminio, 690 ff.

Flammen, 622 ff.

Flavius, 326 ff.

Fléville, 713 ff.

Flora, 690 ff.

Florestan, 54, 62

Florinda, 704 ff.

Flosshilde, 148, 208

Flying Dutchman, The, 69, 79, 84, 98, 109, 118, 226