The story of opera

Name: The story of opera
Author: Lee, E. Markham (Ernest Markham)

Lee, E. Markham (Ernest Markham)

Opera

=Edwards, H. S.=—The Lyrical Drama.
    =Matthew, J. E.=—Popular History of Opera.
    =Chesney.=—Stories of the Operas.
    =Edwards.=—The Prima Donna.
    =Louis, Alexander.=—The Opera Glass, or a view of 100 Operas.
    =Upton.=—Standard Operas.
    =Barker.=—The Opera Guide.
    =Spier.=—Stories of the Operas.
    =Guerber.=—Stories of Famous Operas.
    =Annesley.=—The Standard Opera Glass.
    =Sachs and Woodrow.=—Modern Opera houses and Theatres.
    =Mapleson.=—Mapleson Memoirs.
    =Arditi.=—My Reminiscences.
    =Fitzgerald.=—The Savoy Opera.
    =Apthorp.=—The Opera, Past and Present.
    =Elson.=—Critical History of Opera.
    =Lahee.=—Grand Opera in America.
    =Galloway.=—The Operatic Problem.
    =Lawrence Gilman.=—Aspects of Modern Opera.
    =Streatfield.=—The Opera.
    =Nights at the Opera.=—(Delamore Press.)
    =Opera.=—(Grove’s Dictionary.)

There is also a perfect mass of Wagner literature, including
biographies (such as Mr. Ashton Ellis’ colossal work), essays,
articles, books on the _Ring_ and other operas, books explanatory of
the music, etc., etc.




Index.


    Adam, 85, 189, 207
    Ambroise Thomas’s _Hamlet_, _Mignon_, 90
    Arensky, 124
    Aria from Gluck’s _Orfeo_, 50-51
    —— Verdi’s _Aïda_, 73-74
    Ariosti, 190
    Arne, 93-94
    Arne’s _Artaxerxes_, 93
    Arrieta, 129
    Arsani, 208
    Auber, 87-88, 175, 207
    Auber’s _Masaniello_, 87;
      _Fra Diavolo_, 88

    Bach, 61
    Balfe, 94-95
    Balfe’s _The Siege of Rochelle_, 95;
      _Bohemian Girl_, 95, 187
    Ballad Opera, 15, 94, 186
    Ballet, 188-189
    Bardi, Count, 33
    Barnett’s _The Mountain Sylph_, 94
    Bayreuth, 179, 180-183
    —— Wagner’s theatre at, 103
    Beethoven, 13, 14, 24, 27, 44, 55, 61, 76, 77, 99
    Beethoven’s _Fidelio_, 55, 70, 84, 170, 177, 185
    _Beggar’s Opera_, 91-93, 186
    Bellini, 15, 72, 173
    Bellini’s _La Sonnambula_, _Norma_, 72
    Benda, 51
    Benedict, 96
    Benedict’s _The Lily of Killarney_, 96
    Berlin, 178
    Berlioz, 87, 175, 209
    Bishop, Henry, 94, 157
    Bizet, 89
    Bizet’s _Carmen_, 89
    Boieldieu, 85, 207
    Boieldieu’s _La Dame Blanche_, 85
    Boito, 130-132, 141
    Boito’s _Nero and Orestiade_, 131;
      _Mefistofele_, 131, 173, 195
    Borodin, 124, 125
    Borodin’s _Prince Igor_, 125
    Bruneau, 141, 143
    Bruneau’s _L’Attaque du Moulin_, _L’Outragan_,
               _La Rêve_, _Messidor_, 143
    Budapest, 178
    Bunning, Herbert, 148
    Bunning’s _Princess Osra_, 145, 148
    Buononcini, 42, 45-46, 64, 154, 190

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The story of operaLee, E. Markham (Ernest Markham)

History

The story of opera

Lee, E. Markham (Ernest Markham)

Opera

=Edwards, H. S.=—The Lyrical Drama.
    =Matthew, J. E.=—Popular History of Opera.
    =Chesney.=—Stories of the Operas.
    =Edwards.=—The Prima Donna.
    =Louis, Alexander.=—The Opera Glass, or a view of 100 Operas.
    =Upton.=—Standard Operas.
    =Barker.=—The Opera Guide.
    =Spier.=—Stories of the Operas.
    =Guerber.=—Stories of Famous Operas.
    =Annesley.=—The Standard Opera Glass.
    =Sachs and Woodrow.=—Modern Opera houses and Theatres.
    =Mapleson.=—Mapleson Memoirs.
    =Arditi.=—My Reminiscences.
    =Fitzgerald.=—The Savoy Opera.
    =Apthorp.=—The Opera, Past and Present.
    =Elson.=—Critical History of Opera.
    =Lahee.=—Grand Opera in America.
    =Galloway.=—The Operatic Problem.
    =Lawrence Gilman.=—Aspects of Modern Opera.
    =Streatfield.=—The Opera.
    =Nights at the Opera.=—(Delamore Press.)
    =Opera.=—(Grove’s Dictionary.)

There is also a perfect mass of Wagner literature, including
biographies (such as Mr. Ashton Ellis’ colossal work), essays,
articles, books on the _Ring_ and other operas, books explanatory of
the music, etc., etc.




Index.


    Adam, 85, 189, 207
    Ambroise Thomas’s _Hamlet_, _Mignon_, 90
    Arensky, 124
    Aria from Gluck’s _Orfeo_, 50-51
    —— Verdi’s _Aïda_, 73-74
    Ariosti, 190
    Arne, 93-94
    Arne’s _Artaxerxes_, 93
    Arrieta, 129
    Arsani, 208
    Auber, 87-88, 175, 207
    Auber’s _Masaniello_, 87;
      _Fra Diavolo_, 88

    Bach, 61
    Balfe, 94-95
    Balfe’s _The Siege of Rochelle_, 95;
      _Bohemian Girl_, 95, 187
    Ballad Opera, 15, 94, 186
    Ballet, 188-189
    Bardi, Count, 33
    Barnett’s _The Mountain Sylph_, 94
    Bayreuth, 179, 180-183
    —— Wagner’s theatre at, 103
    Beethoven, 13, 14, 24, 27, 44, 55, 61, 76, 77, 99
    Beethoven’s _Fidelio_, 55, 70, 84, 170, 177, 185
    _Beggar’s Opera_, 91-93, 186
    Bellini, 15, 72, 173
    Bellini’s _La Sonnambula_, _Norma_, 72
    Benda, 51
    Benedict, 96
    Benedict’s _The Lily of Killarney_, 96
    Berlin, 178
    Berlioz, 87, 175, 209
    Bishop, Henry, 94, 157
    Bizet, 89
    Bizet’s _Carmen_, 89
    Boieldieu, 85, 207
    Boieldieu’s _La Dame Blanche_, 85
    Boito, 130-132, 141
    Boito’s _Nero and Orestiade_, 131;
      _Mefistofele_, 131, 173, 195
    Borodin, 124, 125
    Borodin’s _Prince Igor_, 125
    Bruneau, 141, 143
    Bruneau’s _L’Attaque du Moulin_, _L’Outragan_,
               _La Rêve_, _Messidor_, 143
    Budapest, 178
    Bunning, Herbert, 148
    Bunning’s _Princess Osra_, 145, 148
    Buononcini, 42, 45-46, 64, 154, 190

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The story of opera

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