Operas Every Child Should Know

About this eBook

Author

Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke, 1870-1934

Title

Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28711

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28711

Release Date

May 7, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Operas
2. 2.EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW — DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TEXT AND MUSIC OF SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS MASTERPIECES — BY
3. 3.DOLORES BACON
4. 4.FOREWORD
5. 5.CONTENTS — OPERAS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
6. 6.BALFE — THE BOHEMIAN GIRL — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST — ACT I — ACT II — ACT III
7. 7.BEETHOVEN — FIDELIO — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — ACT II
8. 8.BERLIOZ — DAMNATION OF FAUST — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I
9. 9.BIZET — CARMEN — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST, AS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST PERFORMANCE — ACT I — ACT II — ACT III — ACT IV
10. 10.DeKoven — ROBIN HOOD — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — ACT II — ACT III
11. 11.FLOTOW — MARTHA — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST AS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST PERFORMANCE — ACT I — ACT II — ACT III — ACT IV
12. 12.HUMPERDINCK — HÄNSEL AND GRETEL — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — ACT II — ACT III
13. 13.MASCAGNI — CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA [A] (Rustic Chivalry) — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I
14. 14.MEYERBEER — THE PROPHET — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — ACT II — ACT III — ACT IV — ACT V
15. 15.MOZART — THE MAGIC FLUTE — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — Scene II — Scene III — ACT II — Scene II — Scene III — Scene IV — Scene V
16. 16.SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN — H.M.S. [B] “PINAFORE” — ACT I — ACT II
17. 17.VERDI — RIGOLETTO — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA, WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST AS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST PERFORMANCE — ACT I — Scene II — ACT II — ACT III — IL TROVATORE — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA, WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST AS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST PERFORMANCE — ACT I — Scene II — ACT II — Scene II — ACT III — ACT IV — Scene II — AÏDA — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA, WITH THE ORIGINAL CASTS AS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST PERFORMANCES — ACT I — Scene II — ACT II — Scene II — ACT III — ACT IV
18. 18.WAGNER — THE NIBELUNG RING FIRST DAY — TETRALOGY — THE RHEINGOLD — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — Scene II — Scene III — Scene IV — THE NIBELUNG RING SECOND DAY — THE VALKYRIE — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — Scene II — Scene III — ACT II — Scene II — Scene III — Scene IV — Scene V — ACT III — Scene II — Scene III — THE NIBELUNG RING THIRD DAY — SIEGFRIED — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — Scene II — Scene III — ACT II — Scene II — Scene III — ACT III — Scene II — Scene III — NIBELUNG RING FOURTH DAY — THE DUSK OF THE GODS — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — PROLOGUE — ACT I — Scene II — Scene III — ACT II — Scene II — Scene III — Scene IV — Scene V — ACT III — Scene II — Scene III — THE MASTERSINGERS OF NUREMBERG — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — ACT II — ACT III — LOHENGRIN — CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA — ACT I — Scene II — Scene III — ACT II — Scene II — Scene III — Scene IV — Scene V — ACT III — Scene II — Scene III
19. 19.FOOTNOTES

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