Press, criticisms of the, 27, 35, 39, 42, 68, 70, 75, 78, 88, 89, 94, 97, 133, 135, 164, 200, 211, 215, 239, 240, 250, 252, 256, 258, 271, 279, 291, 358; standing of the, 328; in Vienna, 331; censorship in Russia of the, 336; interview, 366 Public, English, 136, 194, 237; American, 229, 230, 238; rival factions of the, 250; characteristics of the, 264, 296; Petersburg, 339; Boston, 358; charm of the, 365, 372 _Puritani, I_, Brignoli in, 29; Kellogg in, 54, 62, 63 Quinn, Dr., 168, 191, 235 Rachel, 16 Racine, 306 Rampolla, Cardinal, 161 Ramsay, Captain, 357 Ramsay, Col., 300 Randegger, 195 Rathbone, General, 300 Reed, Miss Fanny, in Boston, 45; in New York, 277, 278 Reeves, Sims, 174, 175 _Reggimento, La Figlia del_, 56, 58, 62; at close of Civil War, 114; Lucca in, 249 Renaud in opera, 40, 265 Rice brothers, 94 _Rigoletto_, 29, 34, 36; opinion of Boston of, 36; origin of, 36, 62; meaning of, 81, 167; Masini as, 341 Ristori, 16 Rivarde, 11 _Robert le Diable_, 86, 201, 332 Robertson, Agnes, 15 Robertson, Madge (Mrs. Kendall), 284 Robin, Theodore, 304-306 Rockitanski, 170 Ronalds, Mrs. Peter, 276, 277, 279 Ronconi, 94; The Czar and, 95; in _Fra Diavolo_, 95; anecdote of, 96 Rosa, Carl, 101 Rosa, Euphrosyne Parepa, 101, 209, 262 Rosina, 91, 93, 96, 97, 137 Rossini, 13, 97; reference to, 133; English and, 136; traditions of, 277; Nordica and, 310 Rossmore, Lady, 192, 198 Rota, 261 Rothschild, Baron Alfred de, 194, 198, 235 Rovere, 94 Roze, Marie, 236, 261, 289, 290, 292, 293, 298 Rubenstein, 246, 248 Rudersdorf, Mme. Erminie, 165 Ryan, Mr., 305 Ryloff, 269 _Salome_, suppression of, 69, 254 Salvini, 283 Sampson, Mr., 190, 198 Sandford, Wright, 126, 203 Santley, Ronconi and, 95; as Valentine, 132; kindness of, 134; as Almaviva, 137, 167, 168, 170, 173, 174, 184, 198 Sanz, 248, 249 Sargent, 281 Sbriglia, 310-313; Jean de Reszke and, 313, 314, 367-369 Scalchi, Sofia, 172, 185; in Petersburg, 337 Scarborough, Bishop, 300 Scola, lessons in acting from, 29, 38 Scott, Sir Walter, 261 Sebasti, 161 Seguin, Stella, 257, 258 Seguin, Ted, 258 Sembrich, Marcella, 337 Semiramide, 171, 277, 342 Senta, 263-265, 292 _Serenade, The Persian_, 223 Shakespeare in music, 141 Sherman, General, in Chicago, 114 Siebel, Miss Sulzer as, 87 Singing, methods of, 5; Grisi and, 158, 159; _prime donne_ and, 231; early, 307; Nordica and, 310; Sbriglia and, 311-321, 367-369; traditions of, 366 Sinico, Mme., 137 Sinnett, A. P., 189 Slezak, 312 Smith, Mark, 246 Society, Arion, 206 Somerset, Duchess of, 121-124; letters by, 125; beadwork of, 126, 137, 144, 197, 168, 188, 197 _Sonnambula, La_, 54, 62-64; teaching of, 65, 66; _aria_ from 67; Murska in, 296 Sonnenthal, 330 Southern, the elder, 15 Spofford, Harriet Prescott, 50 _Stabat Mater_, 310 Stackpoole, Major, 192, 197, 198