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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.

J

Jackrabbit, Billy, 674 ff.

Jacob, 495

Jacquino, 54 ff.

Jadlowker, Herman, 705, 776

Jäger, 272

Jago, 377 ff.

Jagu, 831

Jaide, 89

Jamet, 585

Jane, 721

Janouschoffsky, Mme., 612

Javotte, 736 ff.

Jean, 746, 747

Jean de Paris, 495

Jebbel, 721

Jemmy, 313 ff.

Jessonda, 79

Jewels of the Madonna, The, 699

Joannes, 844

Joe, 674 ff.

Johanna, 844

John, 775

Johnson, Dick (Ramerrez), 674 ff.

John the Baptist, 749

Jokanaan, 801

Jonas, 516 ff.

Jongleur de Nôtre Dame, Le, 746 ff.

Jopas, 541

José, Don, 587 ff.

Josef, 764

Joseph en Egypte, 495

Joseph, 495

Journet, Marcel, 272, 477, 620, 752, 761

"JOUY," V.J. ÉTIENNE (Librettist), 313

Juan, 744

Juch, Emma, 9

Juive, La, 498, 510, 731

Julia, 708 ff.

Julien, 750

Juliet, 575 ff.

K

Kagama, 838

KALBECK, MAX (Librettist), 51

Karnac, 727

Kaspar, 64 ff.

Katharina, 772

Katrinka, 815

KEISER, REINHARD, 4

Kellogg, Clara Louise, 367, 546, 562

Kelly, Michael, 24

Kemlitz, 227, 246

Kerker, Gustave (Director), 612

Kezal, 817

KIENZL, WILHELM, 787, 788

Kilian, 64 ff.

Kingston, Morgan, 835

Kirchhofer, Werner, 784

Klingsor, 272 ff.

Kobus, Fritz, 619 ff.

Kögel, Josef, 107, 163

Konchak, Khan, 820

Konchakovna, 820

Königskinder, 776

Königssohn, Der, 776

Konradin, 784

Körner, Carlo, 721

Kothner, Fritz, 246 ff.

Kousnezova, Marie, 750

KREUTZER, CONRADIN, 80

Kronold, Selma, 612, 628

Krusceniski, 665

Kruschina, 815

Kuhreigen, Der, 788

Kundry, 273 ff.

Kunrad, 797

Kurt, 18, 140

Kurwenal, 227 ff.

Kyoto, 630 ff.

L

Lablache, 45, 329, 374, 562

LACHMANN, HEDWIG (Librettist), 800

Laertes, 581, 586

L'Africaine, 500, 523, 527

Lakmé, 724

Lakmé, 724

L'Allemand, Pauline, 725

LALO, 727

Lambert, A., 728

L'Âme en Peine, 546

Lammert, Fräulein, 89

L'Amore Medici, 705 ff.

L'Amore Dei Tre Re, 690 ff.

Lampe, 781

L'Anery, Gontran de, 779

LANGE, FERDINAND, 76

LANNER, 808

Larina, 825

Larkens, 674 ff.

Lasalle, 523, 585

Laura, 434, 482

Laurenti, Mario, 765, 844

Lawrence, Friar, 575 ff.

Lazaro, Hipolito, 765

LAZZARI, SYLVIO, 764

Lazzari, Virgilio, 720

Leandro, 704, 715

Le Villi, 638

Leesugg, Miss, 295, 308

Lefebvre, 707 ff.

Legros, 12, 13

Legend, The, 836

Lehmann, Lilli, 45, 62, 69, 89, 93, 140, 191, 207, 227, 326, 475, 516, 603

Lehmann, Marie, 89

Leila, 603

Leila, 604

Lelio, 704 ff.

L'Elisire d'Amore, 334, 335

LEMAIRE, FERDINAND (Librettist), 725

LÉNA, MAURICE (Librettist), 746

Lenski, 825

Leonato, 538

LEONI, 607, 686

LEONCAVALLO, RUGGIERO, 7, 91, 607, 608, 627, 628, 638

Leonhardt, Robert, 769, 772, 844

Leonora, Donna, 437 ff.

Leonora, Duchess, 403 ff.

Leonora, ossia L'Amore Conjugale, 55

Leonore, 54, 62

Leporello, 31 ff.

Lépreuse, La, 764

LEROUX, XAVIER, 765, 766

Leroy, 707 ff.

Lescaut, 640, 736

L'Étoile du Nord, 500, 530

Letorières, Gastone de, 416 ff.

Leuthold, 313 ff.

Levasseur, 501

Levi, Hermann (Director), 52, 272

Lherie, 601

Liebesverbot, Das, 82

Lind, Jenny, 325, 334, 355, 501

Linda, 367 ff.

Linda di Chamounix, 367

Lindorf, 724

Lionel, 546, 834

Lisa, 319, 827

Lise, 841

Lisetta, 706, 719

Listner, Mme., 163

LISZT, FRANZ, 86, 98, 117, 120, 535, 769

Lituani, I, 481

Liverotto, 339 ff.

Lobetanz, 791

Lobetanz, 791

LOCLE, CAMILLE DU (Librettist), 439, 441

Lodoletta, 611, 622

Lodoletta, 622 ff.

Lodovico, 459 ff.

Loewe, Frederick, 721

Loge, 89, 148

Lohengrin, 68, 69, 79, 86, 99, 117, 118, 273, 516

Lohengrin, 117 ff.

Lola, 612 ff.

Lolli, Giuseppe, 32

Lopez, Juan, 793

Loreley, 719 ff.

Loreley, 720

Loris, Count, 720

LORTZING, ALBERT, 80

Lothario, 581 ff.

Louis VI., 69 ff.

Louise, 750

Louise, 750

Loÿs, 729

Luc Agnolo, 765

Lucca, 355, 523

Lucentio, 772

Lucia, 343

Lucia di Lammermoor, 7, 334, 343, 376, 426, 608, 673

Lucia, Mamma, 612 ff.

Lucinda, 706

Lucinde, 14 ff.

Lucrezia Borgia, 334, 339

Lucy, 343 ff.

Ludmilla, 818

Ludwig, 736

Ludwig, Landgrave, 769

Luigi, 678

Luisa, 434 ff.

Luisa Miller, 433, 438

LULLY, 4, 6, 17, 21

Lussan, Zélie de, 466

Lützow, Luigi, 721

M

Macbeth, Florence, 719

MACKAYE, PERCY (Librettist), 843

Macroton, Dr., 706

Madda, 764

Maddalena, 387 ff.

Madeleine, 713 ff.

Madeline, 367 ff.

Madelon, 713 ff.

MAETERLINCK, MAURICE (Librettist), 752, 759

Magda, 676 ff.

Magdalena, 247, 787

Maguénat, Alfred, 750

MAHLER, GUSTAVE, 76

Magic Flute, The, 7, 21, 22, 45, 52, 55, 77, 85, 307

Malatesta, Dr., 372 ff.

Malatesta, Pompilio, 844

Malatestino, 680 ff.

Mala Vita, 707

Malibran, 44

Maliella, 699 ff.

Mallika, 724

Malten, 262

Mancinelli (Director), 752

MANCINELLI, LUIGI, 715

Manfredo, 690 ff.

Manon Lescaut, 638, 640, 736, 741, 742

Manon Lescaut, 640, 736 ff.

Maran, Ernst, 776

Mantua, Duke of, 386 ff.

Manuela, 793

Mapleson (Director), 354, 712

Manrico, 402 ff.

Manru, 830

Manru, 831

Mantelli, 359, 503

Marcel, 504, 643

MARAST, ARMAND (Librettist), 313

Marc Antony, 750

Marcellina, 23 ff., 54 ff.

Marconi, 458

Marcy, Mme., 736

Mardones, 516

Maréchal, Mr., 729, 746, 750

Maretzek, Mme., 516

Margared, 727

Margherita, 475 ff.

Margiana, 771

Marguerite, 543, 562

Maria, 784

Marianne, 807

Marie, 355, 816

Marimon, 531

Marina, 707

Marina, 822

Marini, 501, 503

Mario, 45, 326, 374, 388, 516

Marion Delorme, 481

Marke, King, 227 ff.

Marouf, 762

Marouf, the Cobbler of Cairo, 762

Marriage of Figaro, The, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 295

MARSCHNER, HEINRICH, 79

Marta, 836

Martha, 546 ff.

Martha, 475, 787

Martinelli, 680

Martin, Riccardo, 841

Martyn, Mrs., 62

Marullo, 387 ff.

Mary, 98 ff.

Masaniello, 496, 498, 510

Masaniello, 496

MASCAGNI, PIETRO, 7, 91, 607, 610, 612, 618, 638

Maschere, Le (The Maskers), 611

Masetto, 31 ff., 36 ff.

Masked Ball, The (Un Ballo in Maschera), 426 ff.

Mason, Edith, 843

MASSENET, JULES, 2, 7, 306, 494, 510, 727, 731, 736, 742, 743, 745, 746, 747, 748, 750

Massimelle, Marquis, 788

Mateo, 716 ff.

Materna, Frau, 89, 163, 272, 498

Mathieu, 713 ff.

Mathieu-Lutz, Mme., 756

Matheos, 718 ff.

Mathô, 752

Mattfeld, Marie, 674, 765, 772, 776, 807

Matthisen, 516 ff.

MATTINATA, 306

Matzenauer, Margarete, 23, 427, 504, 516, 769

Maurel, Victor, 45, 440, 458, 466, 503, 623, 627

Max, 64 ff.

May, 775

MAYR, SIMON, 55

MEYREDER-OBERMAYER, ROSA, 792

Mazarin, 804

Mazzoleni, Francesco, 523, 562

McCormack, John, 45, 355, 837

McGuckin, Barton, 736

McIntyre, Margaret, 475

Medici, I, 627

Mefistofele, 475 ff.

MÉHUL, ÉTIENNE NICHOLAS, 495

MEILHAC, HENRI (Librettist), 586, 736

Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die, 88, 91, 119, 246, 376

Melba, Nellie, 295, 306, 343, 388, 416, 458, 503, 543, 564, 628

Melcthal, 313 ff.

MÉLÉSVILLE (Librettist), 497

Mélisande, 753, 760

Mélisse, 14 ff.

Melot, 227 ff.

MENASCI, G., 612

MENDÈS, CATULLE (Librettist), 765

Mephistopheles, 474

Méphistophélès, 543, 562

Mercedes, 587 ff.

Mercedes, Doña, 793

Mercutio, 575 ff.

Mère Coupable, La, 296

Merlier, 759

Merrill, Paul, 838

Merry Wives of Windsor, The, 80

Méru, 504 ff.

MÉRY (Librettist), 437

Messiah, The, 14

MEYERBEER, GIACOMO, 1, 2, 79, 438, 440, 459, 494, 498, 499, 510, 523

Micaela, 587 ff.

Micelli, Catarina, 32

Micha, 816

Michela, 765

Michele, 678

Mierzwinski, 313

Mignon, 580 ff.

Mignon, 581 ff.

Mikkel, 764