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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.

Mikleford, Lord Tristan de, 546 ff.

Miller, 434 ff.

MILLIET, PAUL (Librettist), 747, 748

Milon, 44

Mime, 89, 148

Mimi, 143, 644

Minnie, 674 ff.

Miolan-Carvalho, 562, 575

Mirabella, 475

Mirabolano, 719

Miracle, Dr., 724

Missail, 822

Mitranus, 310 ff.

Molé, Mlle., 724

Mona, 832, 840

Mona, 840

Monna Vanna, 761

Monna Vanna, 761

Montano, 459 ff.

Monteux, Pierre (Director), 762

Montegriffo, 628

MONTEMEZZI, ITALO, 607, 690

Monterone, Count, 386 ff.

MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO, 5

Montfleury, 841

Montford, Guy de, 436 ff.

Morales, 587 ff.

MORAND, EUGÈNE (Librettist), 727

Moran, Miss, 272

Moran-Oldern, 140, 148

Morello, Signor, 43

Morfontaine, Guillot de, 736 ff.

Mors et Vita, 561

MOSENTHAL, G.H. (Librettist), 773

MOSENTHAL, H. (Librettist), 779

Moser, August, 246 ff.

Mottl, Felix (Director), 539

Monostatos, 46 ff.

MOUSSORGSKY, 822, 824

MOZART, 21, 22, 24, 30, 33, 43, 45, 51, 55, 77, 293, 295, 426, 493

Muette de Portici, La (Masaniello), 496

Muff, 816

Mühlmann, 272, 830

MÜLLER, WENZEL, 46

Muratore, 564, 575, 761

Murska, Ilma di, 45

Musetta, 643 ff.

Mustapha, Baba, 771

Muzio, 516

Mylio, 727

Myrto, 757

Mystères d'Isis, Les, 45, 51

N

Nachtigall, Conrad, 246 ff.

Nachtlager in Granada, Das, 80

Nadir, 604

Naiad, 15, 814

Nancy, 546 ff.

Nangis, Raoul de, 504 ff.

Nannetti, 440

Naoia, 833

Napoleon Bonaparte, 707 ff.

Narbal, 541

Narraboth, 801

Narr'Havas, 752

Natomah, 837

Natomah, 838

Navarraise, La, 605, 728, 745

Nedda, 608, 628

Neipperg, Count de, 707 ff.

Nelusko, 523 ff.

Nemorino, 335 ff.

Nereno, 475 ff.

Nerone (Nero), 480

NESSLER, VIKTOR E., 784

Neuendorff, Adolff, 107, 162, 163

Neumann, Angelo (Director), 140

Nevers, Adolar de, 69 ff.

Nevers, Count de, 504 ff.

Nibelungen, Der Ring des, 139 ff.

Nibelung, The, Dramas, 87, 88

Nicias, 732

Nick, 674 ff.

Nicklausse, 724

NICOLAI, OTTO, 80, 466

Nicolay, Mr., 837

Nicolini, 575

Niemann, 62, 89, 140, 207, 227

Nikitin, (Michael), 822

Nilakantha, 724

Nilsson, Christine, 117, 402, 416, 475, 483, 503, 546, 562, 580, 585

Ninus, Ghost of, 310 ff.

Noémie, 745

Nordica, Lillian, 45, 140, 227, 482, 503, 523

Norina, 372 ff.

Norma, 318, 325

Norma, 326 ff.

Norman, 343 ff.

Normanno, 343

NOSSIG, ALFRED (Librettist), 830

Nourabad, 604

Nourrit, 13, 313, 501

Novara, 475, 483, 562

Nozze di Figaro, Le, 23, 24, 309, 376, 493, 808

Nureddin, 771

O

Ober, Margarete, 482, 772, 807, 843

Oberon, 63

Oberthal, Count, 516 ff.

Ochs, Baron, 807

Octavian, 807

OFFENBACH, JACQUES, 723

Olga, 825

Olga, Countess, 720

Olympia, 724

Onegin, Eugen, 825

Ophelia, 585

Oracola, L', 686 ff.

Orestes, 18, 20, 804

Orfeo, 8, 9, 13, 14

Orfeo ed Euridice, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 20, 77, 493

Orlando, 765

Oroe, 310 ff.

Oros, 831

Oroveso, 326 ff.

Orsini, Maffio, 339 ff.

Orsino, Paolo, 94 ff.

Ortel, Hermann, 246 ff.

Orti, 764

Ortrud, 117 ff.

Osaka, 620 ff.

Oscar (Edgardo), 427 ff.

Ostasio, 680 ff.

Othello, 7, 376, 458, 480

Othello, 458 ff.

Ottavio, 704 ff.

Ottavio, Don, 31 ff.

Ottokar, Prince, 63 ff.

Ory, Comte, 294

P

PADEREWSKI, IGNACE JAN, 830

PAËR, 55

Page, Mistress, 466 ff.

Pagliacci, I, 608, 618, 626, 628, 698

PAISIELLO, 300

Palm, Giovanni, 721

Paltrinieri, Giordano, 765

Pamina, 45 ff.

Pandolfe, 745

Pantalis, 475 ff.

Pantalone, 704 ff.

Pantasille, 765

Pantheus, 539, 541

Paolo, 680 ff.

Papagena, 46 ff.

Papageno, 45 ff.

Pappenheim, 163

Paquiro, 849

Parepa-Rosa, 503

Paris, Count, 575 ff.

PARKER, HORATIO, 832, 840

Parpignol, 643 ff.

Parsifal, 90, 119, 247, 272

Parsifal, 272 ff.

Pasquali, di, 372

Pasquale, Don, 334, 372

Pasquale, Don, 372 ff.

PASQUÉ, ERNST, 76

Patti, Adelina, 295, 305, 308, 309, 319, 343, 354, 355, 367, 377, 388, 416, 531, 546, 564, 725, 742

Patti, Carlotta, 45

Pauloff, Stephen, 836

Pearman, 23

Pêcheurs de Perles, Les, 603 ff.

Pedro, 743, 793

Pedro, Don, 31, 523, 538

Pelléas, 752 ff.

Pelléas et Mélisande, 2, 752

PEPOLI, COUNT (Librettist), 329

Peralta, Father, 837

PERI, JACOPO, 4

PERINET (Librettist), 46

Perini, Flora, 765

PERIQUET, FERNANDO (Librettist), 850

Perozzi, Signor, 333

PERRIER, MARTIAL (Librettist), 764

Persiani, 343

Pescatori di Perle, 603

Peschka-Leutner, 306

Peter, 779

Peters, 721

Peter the Great, 530

Petruchio, 772

Pettigiani, 523

Phanuel, 749

Phenice, 14 ff.

Philine, 581 ff.

Philip, 834

Philip II., 438

Phillipps, Thomas, 23, 295, 308

Philodème, 756 ff.

PIAVE, FRANCESCO MARIA (Librettist), 377, 386, 416, 718

PICCINI, NICOLA, 8, 9, 20

Piccolomini, 416

Pico, 838

Pierre, 767

Pierrot, 367 ff.

Pimen, 822 ff.

Pini-Corsi, Antonio, 372, 776

Pinkert, 329

Pinkerton, Kate, 665 ff.

Pinkerton, Lieutenant B.F., 665 ff.

Pipe of Desire, The, 833

Pique-Dame, 827

Pistacchio, Don Hannibal, 375

Pistol, 466 ff.

Pizarro, 54 ff.

Placide, Mr., 62

Plançon, Pol, 359, 427, 475, 482, 503, 516, 565, 587, 715, 745

Plummer, Edward, 775

Plunkett, 564 ff.

Pogner, Veit, 246 ff.

Polkan, Voevoda, 829

Pollione, 326 ff.

Polonius, 586

Polyxena, 539

Pomone, 765

Pompeo, 536 ff.

PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE, 480, 481, 638

Ponselle, Rosa, 836

Ponziani, Felice, 32

PORDES-MILO (Librettist), 781

Postillon de Longumeau, Le, 497

Poussette, 736 ff.

Prefect, 367 ff.

Preisch, Mr., 837

Prêtre, Le Grand, 756 ff.

Preusser, Felix, 163

Priam, 539

Procida, Giovanni di, 436 ff.

Prodigal Son, The, 481

Prophète, Le, 500, 504, 516, 731

Pruette, William, 612

PUCCINI, GIACOMO, 1, 7, 91, 482, 607, 638, 643, 652

Puente, Del, 117, 437, 483

Puiset, Eglantine de, 69 ff.

Puritani, I, 318, 329

PUSHKIN (Librettist), 822

Pylades, 182 ff.

Q

Quichotte, Don, 743 ff.

Quichotte, Don, 743 ff.

Quickly, Dame, 466 ff.

QUINALT, FRANÇOIS (Librettist), 14, 17

Quintus, 840

R

RABAUD, HENRI, 763

Rachel, 498

Rafaele, 699 ff.

Raggio di Luna, 689

Ragueneau, 841

Raimbaut, 501

Raimondo, 343

Raimondo, 94 ff.

Raimondo, King, 625 ff.

Raisa, Rosa, 625

Rambaldo, 676 ff.

RAMEAU, 1, 21

Ramphis, 439

Rance, Jack, 674 ff.

Rangoni, 822

Rappold, Marie, 18, 772

Ratmir, 818

Ratsalteste, Der, 776

Raymond, 343 ff.

Rédemption, La, 561

Reichmann, 272

Reine Fiammette, La, 765

Reiner, Marcel, 776

Reinhart (Renato), 427 ff.

Reiss, Albert, 52, 375, 665, 674, 765, 772, 776, 807, 843

Renaud, Maurice, 45, 387, 475, 543, 747, 749

Renaud (Rinaldo), 15 ff.

Repela, 793

Retz, de, 504

REYER, 752

Rhadames, 439 ff.

Rheingold, Das, 87, 89, 139, 148

Rhinedaughters, 89, 141

Rhodis, 757

Riccardo, Don, 377 ff.

RICCI, FEDERICO, 718

RICCI, LUIGI, 718

RICCORDI, TITO (Librettist), 680

Richard, Count of Warwick, 427 ff.

Richard II., King, 843

RICHEPIN, JEAN (Librettist), 766

Richings, 319

Richter, Hans (Director), 89, 107, 246

Ricke, 721

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribune, 84, 94, 98, 109, 118

Rienzi, Cola, 94 ff.

RIESE, WILHELM FRIEDRICH (Librettist), 546

Rigoletto, 7, 376, 386, 426, 438, 466, 471, 602

Rigoletto, 386 ff.

Rimini, Giacomo, 720

RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF, 828

Rinegata, La, 343

Ring Dramas, The, 91, 119, 122, 247

Rioton, Miss, 750

Rip Van Winkle, 689

RIVAS, DUKE OF (Librettist), 437

Robert, 639

Robert, Duke, 501, 799

Roberti, 653 ff.

Robert le Diable, 498, 500, 504, 510

Robertson, Sir Benno, 330 ff.

Robin, 466 ff.

Robinson, Adolf, 107, 117, 208, 227

Rocco, 54, 699

ROCHE, HENRI PIERRE (Librettist), 764

Roderigo, 459 ff.

Rodolpho, Count, 319, 434

Rodrigo, 742

Rodrigo, Marquis de Posa, 438

Rodriguez, 744

Roi d'Ys, Le, 727

Roland of Berlin, 628

ROMANI, FELICE (Librettist), 318, 325, 335, 339

Romeo, 575 ff.

Roméo et Juliette, 561, 574

Ronconi, Mlle., 580