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The Standard Light Operas, Their Plots and Their Music

The Standard Light Operas, Their Plots and Their Music

by George P. Upton

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Author
Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919
Credits
Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dianna Adair, Christoph W. Kluge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition
Subject
Operetta
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42918
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42918
Release Date
June 11, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE STANDARD LIGHT OPERAS THEIR PLOTS AND THEIR MUSIC
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS — THE STANDARD LIGHT OPERAS.
  4. 4.ADAM, ADOLPHE CHARLES. — The Postilion of Lonjumeau.
  5. 5.AUBER, DANIEL FRANÇOIS ESPRIT. — Fra Diavolo. — The Crown Diamonds.
  6. 6.AUDRAN, EDMUND. — Olivette. — The Mascot.
  7. 7.BALFE, MICHAEL WILLIAM. — The Bohemian Girl. — The Rose of Castile.
  8. 8.BELLINI, VINCENZO. — La Sonnambula.
  9. 9.BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS. — The Lily of Killarney.
  10. 10.BOIELDIEU, FRANÇOIS ADRIEN. — La Dame Blanche.
  11. 11.CELLIER, ALFRED. — Dorothy.
  12. 12.CHASSAIQUE, F. — Falka.
  13. 13.DEKOVEN, REGINALD. — Robin Hood. — Maid Marian. — Rob Roy. — The Fencing-Master.
  14. 14.DELIBES, LEO. — Lakmé.
  15. 15.DONIZETTI, GAETANO. — The Daughter of the Regiment. — Don Pasquale. — Linda. — The Elixir of Love.
  16. 16.EICHBERG, JULIUS. — The Doctor of Alcantara.
  17. 17.FLOTOW, FRIEDRICH VON. — Martha. — Stradella.
  18. 18.GENÉE, RICHARD. — Nanon.
  19. 19.GOUNOD, CHARLES. — Mirella.
  20. 20.HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT. — Hansel and Gretel.
  21. 21.JAKOBOWSKI, EDWARD. — Erminie.
  22. 22.LECOCQ, CHARLES. — Giroflé-Girofla. — La Fille de Madame Angot.
  23. 23.LÖRTZING, ALBERT. — Czar and Carpenter.
  24. 24.LUDERS, GUSTAVE. — King Dodo. — The Prince of Pilsen.
  25. 25.MASSÉ, VICTOR. — Paul and Virginia. — Queen Topaze. — The Marriage of Jeannette.
  26. 26.MILLÖCKER, CARL. — The Beggar Student. — The Black Hussar.
  27. 27.NESSLER, VICTOR ERNST. — The Trumpeter of Säkkingen.
  28. 28.NICOLAI, OTTO. — The Merry Wives of Windsor.
  29. 29.OFFENBACH, JACQUES. — The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. — La Belle Hélène. — Orpheus.
  30. 30.PLANQUETTE, ROBERT. — The Chimes of Normandy.
  31. 31.RICCI, LUIGI. — Crispino.
  32. 32.ROSSINI, GIOACHINO ANTONIO. — The Barber of Seville.
  33. 33.SOLOMON, EDWARD. — Billee Taylor.
  34. 34.SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP. — El Capitan.
  35. 35.STRAUSS, JOHANN. — The Merry War. — The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief. — Queen Indigo. — The Bat.
  36. 36.STUART, LESLIE. — Florodora.
  37. 37.SULLIVAN, ARTHUR. — Cox and Box. — Trial by Jury. — The Sorcerer. — H. M. S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor. — The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty. — Patience; or, Bunthorne’s Bride. — Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri. — Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant. — The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu. — Ruddygore; or, The Witch’s Curse. — The Yeoman of the Guard; or, The Merry Man and his Maid. — The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria.
  38. 38.SUPPÉ, FRANZ VON. — Fatinitza. — Boccaccio. — The Beautiful Galatea.
  39. 39.THOMAS, CHARLES AMBROISE. — Mignon.
  40. 40.WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT. — Maritana. — Lurline.
  41. 41.Transcriber’s Notes

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