The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers (12th edition)

About this eBook

Author

Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919

Credits

E-text prepared by David Newman, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Disributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition

Subject

Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

14968

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14968

Release Date

February 8, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE STANDARD OPERAS — PREFACE.
2. 2.CONTENTS. — AUBER — BALFE — BEETHOVEN — BELLINI — BIZET — BOIELDIEU — BOITO — DELIBES — DONIZETTI — FLOTOW — GLUCK — GOETZ — GOLDMARK — GOUNOD — HALEVY — HUMPERDINCK — LEONCAVALLO — MASCAGNI — MEYERBEER — MOZART — ROSSINI — RUBINSTEIN — THOMAS — VERDI — WAGNER — WALLACE — WEBER — APPENDIX — INDEX — AUBER. — FRA DIAVOLO. — MASANIELLO. — THE CROWN DIAMONDS.
3. 3.BALFE. — THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. — THE ROSE OF CASTILE.
4. 4.BEETHOVEN. — FIDELIO.
5. 5.BELLINI. — NORMA. — LA SONNAMBULA. — I PURITANI.
6. 6.BIZET. — CARMEN.
7. 7.BOIELDIEU. — LA DAME BLANCE.
8. 8.BOITO. — MEPHISTOPHELES.
9. 9.DELIBES. — LAKME.
10. 10.DONIZETTI. — THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. — LA FAVORITA. — DON PASQUALE. — LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. — L'ELISIR D'AMORE. — LUCREZIA BORGIA.
11. 11.FLOTOW. — MARTHA. — STRADELLA.
12. 12.GLUCK. — ORPHEUS.
13. 13.GOETZ. — THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
14. 14.GOLDMARK. — THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. — MERLIN.
15. 15.GOUNOD. — FAUST. — ROMEO AND JULIET. — MIREILLE.
16. 16.HALEVY. — THE JEWESS
17. 17.HUMPERDINCK. — HANSEL AND GRETEL.
18. 18.LEONCAVALLO. — I PAGLIACCI.
19. 19.MASCAGNI. — CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.
20. 20.MEYERBEER. — THE HUGUENOTS. — THE STAR OF THE NORTH. — ROBERT THE DEVIL — DINORAH — THE PROPHET. — THE AFRICAN.
21. 21.MOZART. — THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. — DON GIOVANNI. — THE MAGIC FLUTE.
22. 22.ROSSINI. — THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. — SEMIRAMIDE — WILLIAM TELL
23. 23.RUBINSTEIN. — NERO.
24. 24.THOMAS. — MIGNON
25. 25.VERDI. — ERNANI. — RIGOLETTO. — LA TRAVIATA. — IL TROVATORE. — IL BALLO IN MASCHERA. — AIDA. — OTHELLO. — FALSTAFF.
26. 26.WAGNER. — RIENZI. — THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. — TANNHAEUSER — LOHENGRIN. — TRISTAN UND ISOLDE. — THE MASTERSINGERS. — THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG. — DIE WALKUERE. — SIEGFRIED. — DER GOETTERDAEMMERUNG. — DAS RHEINGOLD. — DIE WALKUERE. — SIEGFRIED. — DIE GOETTERDAEMMERUNG. — PARSIFAL.
27. 27.WALLACE. — MARITANA.
28. 28.WEBER. — DER FREISCHUETZ. — OBERON. — EURYANTHE.
29. 29.APPENDIX.
30. 30.INDEX.

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