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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.

Folco, 626

Folz, Hans, 246 ff.

Fontaine, Charles, 761, 767

Ford, 466 ff.

Ford, Mistress, 466 ff.

Forêt, Lysiart de, 69 ff.

Formes, Carl, 313, 501, 503

Fornia, 807

Forth, Sir Richard, 330 ff.

FORTUNA, FERDINANDO (Librettist), 639

Forza del Destino, La, 436 ff.

FORZANO, GIOACCHINO (Librettist), 622

Fouché, 707

Fra Diavolo, 497

Francesca, 680 ff.

Francesca Da Rimini, 680 ff.

Francesco, 536 ff.

FRANCHETTI, ALBERTO, 717, 721

Franco Arciero, Il, 63

François, 767

Françoise, 759

Frantz, 724

Franz, 622 ff.

Frasquita, 587, 793

Frédéric, 581 ff.

Frederica, Duchess of Ostheim, 434 ff.

Frederick, 724

Frederick of Telramund, 117 ff.

Frederico, 619 ff.

Freia, 141, 148 ff.

Freischütz, Der, 62, 77, 81, 85

Fremstad, Olive, 14, 140, 227, 801, 804

Freudhofer, Johannes, 787

Freudhofer, Matthias, 787

Frezzolini, 386

Friche, Claire, 756

Fricka, 89, 142, 148, 164

Friedhold, 799

Froh, 148 ff.

Fuchs, 272

Fugère, Lucien, 729, 750

Furies, The, 10

Fursch-Madi, 483

Furst, Walter, 313 ff.

G

GABEAUX, PIERRE, 55

Gabriel, Padre, 833

Gadski, Johanna, 9, 227, 246

Galassi, Antonio, 332, 354, 367, 387, 402, 437, 458, 587

Galitzky, Prince, 820

Gall, Yvonne, 767

GALLET, M. LOUIS (Librettist), 605, 731, 742, 758

Galli-Curci, Amelita, 295, 306, 343, 386, 388, 416, 532, 575, 742

Galli-Marié, 586, 601

GANDONNIÈRE, 542

Gansemagd, Die, 776

Garcia, 716, 743 ff.

Garcia, Mme., 44

Garcia, Manuel, 44, 295, 309

Garcia, Jr., Manuel, 44

Garcia, Maria, 44, 295

Garden, Mary, 587, 603, 747, 750, 756, 761, 801, 804, 837

Garrison, Mabel, 52

Garrito, Gen., 746

Garsenda, 680 ff.

Gaspar, Don, 359 ff.

Gates, Lucy, 52, 375

Gatti-Casazza, 516, 611

GAUTHIER-VILLARS, HENRY (Librettist), 804

Gay, 466

Gazello, 339 ff.

GAZZANIGA, GIUSEPPE, 31

Gelsomino, 707 ff.

Gennaro, 339, 699 ff.

Genoveva, 752 ff.

Geôlier, Le, 756 ff.

Gerald, 724

GÉRARD (Librettist), 542

Gérard, Charles, 713 ff.

Germania, 720

Germont, Alfredo, 416 ff.

Germont, Giorgio, 416 ff.

Gerolamo Savonarola, 627

Gerold, Herman, 612

Geronte de Ravoir, 640 ff.

Gerster, Etelka, 45, 319, 325, 329, 335, 343, 546

Gertrud, Frau, 781

Gertrude, 575, 778

Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, 586

Gerville-Réache, Jeanne, 746, 749

Gessler, 313 ff.

GHISLANZONI, ANTONIO, 439, 441

GIACOSA, GIUSEPPE (Librettist), 643, 652, 664

Gianini, 736

Giannetta, 335 ff.

Giannetto, 622 ff.

Gianni Schicchi, 677

Giarno, 581 ff.

GIESEKE (Librettist), 45, 46

Gil, Count, 705

Gilda, 387 ff.

Gilibert, Charles, 355, 602, 652, 745, 752

GILLE, PHILIPPE (Librettist), 724, 736

Gioconda, La, 480, 481, 482, 638

Gioconda, La, 482 ff.

GIORDANO, UMBERTO, 607, 707, 726

Giorgetta, 678

Giorgio D'Ast, 765

Giorgi-Righetti, 300, 308

Giovanni, 377, 387, 680

Giovanni di Guzman—Vespri Siciliani, 436

Giovanni, Don, 21, 22, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 43, 51, 85, 493

Giovanni, Don, 21, 31 ff.

Giraldoni, 482

Giovanni Gallurese, 697

GIRARD, ERNEST, 723

Giscon, 752

Gismonda, 761

Gismonda, 761

Giuseppe, 416 ff.

GLINKA, MICHAEL IVANOVICH, 818

Gloom, 840

Gluck, Alma, 9, 14

GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD, 1, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 77, 90, 293, 493, 494

Godfrey, Duke, 117 ff.

Godounoff, Boris, 822

Godounoff, Boris, 822

GOETZ, HERMANN, 769, 772

Goff, Winifred, 665

Golden Cross, The, 779

Golden, Grace, 612

GOLDMARK, CARL, 769, 773, 775

GOLISCIANI, ENRICO (Librettist), 699, 705

Golo, 752 ff.

GONDINET (Librettist), 724

Gorislava, 819

Goritz, Otto, 246, 272, 772, 776, 807

Gormas, Comte de, 742

Goro, 665

Götterdämmerung, 140, 207

GOUNOD, CHARLES FRANÇOIS, 2, 438, 459, 494, 510

Gourdon, M., 724

Goyescas, 849

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE, 849

Grange, La, 416, 503

Grau, Maurice (Director), 509, 563

Grazia, 699 ff.

Graziani, 417

Grech, 720

Grégoras, 762

Gregory, 575 ff.

Gremin, 825

Grenvil, Dr., 416 ff.

Grenville, Miss Lilian, 837

Gretel, 778

Grieux, Chevalier Des, 640, 736 ff.

Grieux, Count Des, 736 ff.

Grimaldo, Enzo, 482 ff.

Griselda, 727

Grisélidis, 727

Grivot, M., 724

Grisi, 306, 309, 326, 329, 339, 374

Grumio, 772

Grün, Frau, 89

Guadagni, Gaetano, 12, 14

Gubetta, 339 ff.

Gudehus, 272

Guerra, Barbara de la, 838

Guerra, Don Francisco de la, 837

Guevara, Don Fernando, 717 ff.

Guglielmo, 52

Guidon, Prince, 828

Guiche, de, 841

GUILLARD, FRANÇOIS (Librettist), 18

Guillaume Tell, 294, 312

Guille, 612

GUNSBOURG, RAOUL, 767

Gunther, 89, 143, 208

Guntram, 798

Guntram, 799

Gura, 89

Gurnemanz, 272 ff.

Gusmann, Leonora di, 359 ff.

Gustave III, ou Le Bal Masqué, 426

GUTIERREZ, ANTONIO GARCIA (Librettist), 402

Gutrune, 89, 143, 208

Gwynn, 840

H

Hänsel, 778

Hänsel und Gretel, 746, 769, 778, 807

Hagen, 89, 143, 208

HALÉVY, JACQUES, 2, 498, 510

Haltière, Mme. de la, 745

Hamilcar, 752

Hamlet, 585

Hamlet, 585

Hammerstein, Oscar (Director), 612

HÄNDEL, 14

Handsome, 674

Hanego, 619 ff.

Hans, 816

Hans Heiling, 79

Happy, 674 ff.

Happy Shade, A, 9 ff.

Harden, 272

Haroun, Prince, 605

Harriette, ou La Servante de Greenwiche, 559

Harry, 674 ff.

HARTMANN, G. (Librettist), 747

HASSE, JOHANN ADOLPH, 4

Hastreiter, Helene, 9

Hate, 14 ff.

Hauck, Minnie, 575, 586, 602, 612, 736

HAYDN, 51

Hayes, Miss, 516

Hecuba, 539

Hedvige, Signora, 721

Hedwiga, 313 ff.

Héglon, Mme., 736

Hélène, Duchess, 436 ff.

HELL, THEODOR (Librettist), 76

Hélléra, 697

Hempel, Freda, 23, 45, 246, 427, 475, 504, 807

HENDERSON, WILLIAM J. (Librettist), 841

Henrietta, 330 ff.

Henry the Fowler, 117 ff.

HERBERT, VICTOR, 837

Herman, 827

Hermann, 107 ff.

Hermann, Landgrave, 769

Hero, 538, 715

Hero e Leandro, 715 ff.

Herod, 749

Hérodiade, 748

Herodias, 749, 801

HÉROLD, LOUIS J.F., 497

Hexe, Die, 776

Hidraot, 15 ff.

Hill, 89, 272

Hincks, Mrs. Pemberton, 612

Hinrichs, Gustave (Director), 612, 618, 628

Hinshaw, William, 776

HIPPOLYTE (Librettist), 313

Hoël, 531 ff.

Hofer, Mme., 52

Hoffman, 724

Holman, Miss, 309

Holman, Mrs., 23

Holzhacker, Der, 776

Homer, Louise, 9, 14, 140, 246, 272, 402, 427, 475, 482, 665, 776, 830

HOOKER, BRIAN (Librettist), 840

Hortensio, 355, 772

Howard, Kathleen, 762, 765, 834, 836

Hua-Qui, 686 ff.

Huberdeau, Gustave, 756, 761, 837

Hu-chi, 686 ff.

Huebscher, Catherine, 708 ff.

HUGO, JOHN ADAM, 834

HUGO, VICTOR (Librettist), 343, 377, 386

Huguenots, Les, 294, 498, 500, 503, 510, 527, 731

HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT, 769, 776, 778

Hunding, 142, 163

Hu-Tsin, 686 ff.

Hylas, 541

I

Iago, 458 ff.

Ib and Little Christina, 689

Idomeneo, 51

Idrenus, 310 ff.

Igor, 820

Igor, Prince, 819

Igoreivitch, Vladimir, 820

Iguamota, 718 ff.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 705

Il Cieco, 620 ff.

Il Dissoluto Punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, 30

ILLICA, LUIGI (Librettist), 619, 625, 643, 652, 664, 712, 717, 721

Inez, 359, 403, 523

Infanta, 742

Intendant, 367

Iolan, 833

Iphigénie en Aulide, 493

Iphigénie en Tauride, 8, 9, 18, 19, 20

Iphigénie, 18 ff.

Iphigenia in Aulis, 85

Irene, 94 ff.

Iris, 611, 619, 620

Irma, 750

Isaac, Mlle. Adèle, 724

Isèpo, 482 ff.

Isabeau, 611, 625

Isabeau, 625 ff.

Isabella, 501 ff.

Isabel of Spain, Queen, 717 ff.

Isolde, 227 ff.