Caccini, 37, 39 Caldara, 41, 42, 207 Cambert, Robert, 42 Campion, 187 “Canzone” by Mozart, 52 Carl Rosa Opera Company, 159 Caruso, 204 Catalani, 204 Cavalli, 10, 40 Cavos, 123 César-Cui, 124, 125 César-Cui’s _Angelo_, _Ratcliff_, _The Flibustier_, 125 Cesti, 41 Charpentier, 144 Cherubini, 14, 63, 66, 84, 168, 175, 199 Cherubini’s _Ali Baba_, _Les Abencerages_, _Les deux Journées_, 84; _Water Carrier_, 159, 200 Chorale from Meyerbeer’s _Les Huguenots_, 86 Cilea, 134 Cilea’s _Adriana Lecouvreur_, 134, 188 Cimarosa, 51, 65, 207 Cimarosa’s _The Secret Marriage_, 65 Companies, opera, 154; travelling, 158 Composers, stories of, 209-211 Concerted Finale, Invention of, 12, 64 Contest, a notable, 65 Coperario, 187 Corder, 147 Corder’s Nordisa, 147 Cornelius, 79 Cornelius’ _The Barber of Bagdad_, 80 Covent Garden opera, 154, 157 Cowen, 147 Cowen’s _Harold_, _Signa_, _The Lady of Lyons_, 147; _Thorgrim_, 147, 159; _Pauline_, 159 Curiosities of opera, 189-198 _Da Capo_ Aria, Birth of, 11; weakness of, 21; reform of, 22 Dargomijsky, 124 Dargomijsky’s _The Stone Guest_, _The Water-Sprite_, 124 Debussy, 144 Debussy’s _Pelleas et Melisande_, 144 De Lara, 148 De Lara’s _Amy Robsart_, _Messaline_, _The Light of Asia_, 148 Délibes, Léo, 90 Délibes’ _Coppélia_, _Lakmé_, _Le Roi l’a dit_, 90 D’Indy, Vincent, 144 Donizetti, 15, 72, 173, 207 Donizetti’s _La Favorita_, _La Fille du Régiment_, _L’Elisir d’Amore_, 72; _Lucretia Borgia_, 72, 173; _Lucia di Lammermoor_, 174 Dresden, 179 Dubois, 144 Dvŏrák, 126, 128, 178 Dvŏrák’s _Demetrius_, _Der Bauer ein Schelm_, _King and Collier_, _Rusalka_, _Wanda_, 128; _Armida_, 128, 178 Early Russian composers, 123 Elgar’s _Apostles_, 117 Empiricism, Musical, 12 English Opera, 44-47, 91 Enterprise, Operatic, in England, 150 Farinelli, 203, 204 Fibich, 127, 178 Flotow, 79 Flotow’s _Martha_, 79 Franchetti, 134 French Opera, 42-43 French School, the, 81-90