Title: The great operas : the romantic legends upon which the masters of song have founded their famous lyrical compositions /
Authors: Buel, James W. 1849-1920.; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.; Buel, James W. 1849-1920.; Dodge, William de Leftwich, 1867-1935,; Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924,; Société universelle lyrique,
Publisher: Société universelle lyrique,
Year: 1899
Subjects: Operas Stories, plots, etc.; Composers Biography
Contents: sect 1. The introduction.--A brief history of opera.--A life-sketch of Giuseppe Verdi.--La traviata.--A sketch of Richard Wagner.--Tannhäuser.--A sketch of Albroise Thomas.--Mignon.--A sketch of Charles François Gounod.--Faust.--A sketch of Pietro Mascagni.--Cavalleria rusticana. sect. 2. The Rhinegold.--The Valkyrie.--Siegfried.--Götterdämmerung.--Sketch of Friedrich von Flotow.--Stradella. sect 3. Martha.--Semiramide.--Manon.--Norma.--A life-sketch of Mozart.--Marriage of Figaro. sect. 4. Aïda.--A sketch of Carl Maria von Weber.--Der freischutz.--La dame blanche.--A sketch of François Boieldieu.--Sapho.--A sketch of J. Massenet.--Lucia di Lammermoor.--A sketch of Gaëtano Donizetti. sect 5. Orpheus and Eurydice.--A sketch of Christoph von Gluck.--A sketch of Giacomo Meyerbeer.--The Huguenots.--Il trovatore.--Carmen.--A sketch of Georges Bizet.--The Jewess.--A sketch of Jacques François Halévy. sect. 6. The flying Dutchman.--Fidelio.--A sketch of Ludwig von Beethoven.--Lohengrin.--Hansel and Gretel.--A sketch of Engelbert Humperdinck.--Don Giovanni. sect. 7. Nero.--A sketch of Anton Gregor Rubinstein.--I puritani.--The master-singers of Nuremberg.--Lakme.--A sketch of Leo Delibes.--Samson and Delilah.--A sketch of C. Saint-Saënes. sect 8. Tristan and Isolde.--The magic flute.--The Bohemian girl.--A sketch of Michael Balfe.--La bohème.--Sketch of Giacomo Puccini.--Queen of Sheba.--A sketch of Karl Goldmark. sect. 9. The prophet.--Robert the Devil.--Lucretia Borgia.--William Tell.--A sketch of Gioacchino Antonio Rossini.--Fra Diavolo.--A sketch of Daniel François Esprit Auber. sect. 10. The barber of Seville.--L'Africaine.--La favorita.--La sonnambula.--Rigoletto