Negroes, treatment of, 58; in New York during the war, 60; discussions regarding the, 60; anti-negro riots, 323 Neilson, Adelaide, 247 Neilson, Alice, in _Faust_, 82 Nevin, 322 Newcastle, Duchess of, 184, 188, 197 Newcastle, Duke of, 100, 125; in box of, 146, 167, 168, 173, 174, 188, 189, 191, 192; pin of the, 193, 194, 197, 198, 235 Newson, 6, 7 Nicolini, 130, 148, 184, 185 Night, Queen of the, Nilsson as, 146 Nilsson, Christine, as Marguerite, 82; in London, 129, 131, 132, 137, 169, 173, 235; as Martha, 145; voice of, 146, 147; superstition of, 165, 166; in opera with, 169; Sir Michael Costa and, 170; at Buckingham Palace, 184; friend of, 190; reference to, 196, 239, 252, 261, 294, 295, 326, 329 _Noces de Jeannette, Les_, 29, 62; libretto of, 68 Nordica, Lillian, 309, 310; Nevin's song and, 322; in Russia with, 337, 341, 347, 348 Norma, Grisi as, 158; reference to, 252 _Nozze di Figaro, Le_, 170, 171, 174, 197, 198, 249, 261 _Oh, had I Jubal's Lyre!_ 172 Okakura, 219-222, 281 Oldenburg, Prince, 346 Olin, Mrs. Stephen Henry, 276, 277 _Opera, The Beggar's_, 258 Opéra bouffe, 90 Opéra comique, 90, 91, 97; of Paris, 236 Opera, traditions of, 12, 77, 79, 263, 277; necessities of, 34; effect of war on, 55, 56; houses in America for, 68; early customs of, 84; innovations of, 87; benefit custom of, 91; Her Majesty's, 120, 129, 136, 171, 178, 235; French, 140, 141; English, 254-258, 260-303; translations of, 255, 256, 260, 261; Strakosch and, 303; Imperial, 326; in Petersburg, 334-342; preparation for, 367; province of Italian, 370 Ophelia, Modjeska as, 282; Kellogg as, 293 Othello, Salvini as, 283; in Munich 307 Oudin, Eugene, 277 Oxenford, 262 Palace, Buckingham, 176-179; concerts at, 179-186, 302 Palace, Crystal, 172, 174, 209 Palmer, Anna, 11 Paloma, La, 249 Parker, Minnie, 276, 277 Parodi, 294 _Pasquale, Don_, 96 Patey, Mme., 174 Patti, Adelina, 5; early appearance of, 15; as Marguerite, 82; voice of, 129, 130, 132, 323; in London 77, 129, 132, 135, 184, 185, 195-198, 235; sister of, 129; in Paris with, 308; comparison with, 330; questioning of, 365 Patti, Carlotta, 295 _Paul and Virginia_, 295 Peakes, 257 Pease, Miss Alta, 358 Pergolese, opera of _La Serva Padrona_ by, 14 Peto, Sir Morton, banquet of, 99 Petrelli, 272 Petrovitch, 338 Phillips, Adelaide, as Maddalena, 41; as Pierotto, 41, 248 Photography, new effects in, 208 Piccolomini, 14, 74 Pinchot, Gifford, sister of, 353 Pine, Louisa, 13 Pitch, absolute, 4, 165, 267; standard of, 231 Plançon, 312 Plantagenet, Lady Edith, 297 _Poliuto_, 62; plot of, 71; _Faust_ and, 88 _Polka, Clara Louise_, 88 Pond, Major, 360, 361 Pope Pius IX., 160 Porter, Ella, 11; in Paris, 84 Porter, General Horace, 19, 20, 57 Prascovia, Minnie Hauck as, 102, 103