Pacini, 72, 202 Paderewski, 127 Paisiello, 64 Paladihle, 144 Palazzo Bardi enthusiasts, 19, 33, 34 Paris, 175 Parry, Sir H., 145 “Pasticcio,” 190 Patti, Madame, 204 Pepusch, Dr., 92 Pergolesi, 12, 64 Pergolesi’s _La Serva Padrona_, 64 Peri, 34, 37, 39 Peri’s _Daphne_, 34; _Euridice_, 34, 35, 36, 42 Philidor, 82 Philip V. of Spain, 203 Piccini, 51, 64-65 Polish opera, 127 Ponchielli’s _La Gioconda_, 173 Porpora, 207 Prague, 178 Prima Donna, the, 207-208 _Prime donne_, 15, 72, 207 Puccini, 130, 135 Puccini’s _La Bohème_, _La Tosca_, _Manon Lescaut_, 135; _Madama Butterfly_, 135, 157 Purcell, 11, 44, 91 Purcell’s _Dido and Æneas_, _King Arthur_, 44 Rameau, 81-82, 175 Recitative, 69-71 _Recitativo Stromentato_, 71 Richter (Wagnerian conductor), 157 Ricordi, Messrs., 161 Rimsky-Korsakoff, 124, 125 Rimsky-Korsakoff’s _Pskowitjanka_, _The May Night_, 125 Romantic opera, 24, 56 Rome, 174 “Rose Softly Blooming” (song), 79 Rossi, 42 Rossini, 15, 25, 66-69, 71, 80, 173, 202, 206 Rossini’s _La Cenerentola_, _William Tell_, 71; _La Gazza Ladra_, 71, 173; _Otello_, 69, 71; _Tancredi_, 66, 174; _Semiramide_, _Mosè in Egitto_, _Zelmira_, 174; _The Barber of Seville_, 66, 174, 202, 211 “Rossinian Crescendo,” example of, 67-69 Rousseau, Jean Jaques, 82 Rousseau’s _Le Devin du Village_, 82, 209 Royal Opera Syndicate, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 161 Royalties, 206 Rubini, 208 Rubinstein, 123