The great operas
Subtitle: the romantic legends upon which the masters of song have founded their famous lyrical compositions
By: introduced by Giuseppe Verdi ; edited by James W. Buel
Contributors: Société universelle lyrique; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Dodge, William de Leftwich, 1867-1935, ill; Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924, donor
Edition: Wagner ed.
Publisher: Société universelle lyrique
Published: 1900
Place of publication: London; Paris; Berlin; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Operas; Stories, plots; Composers; Biography
Notes: "To the memory of Richard Wagner ... this edition of the great operas is dedicated ..."--The Publishers.

Paged continuously.

"The 'Wagner' edition is strictly limited to one hundred copies, and numbered 1 to 100."

Illustrations by William De Leftwich Dodge.

Copyright date on some of the illustrations is 1900.
Table of contents: title: sect 1. The introduction.; title: A brief history of opera.; title: A life-sketch of Giuseppe Verdi.; title: La traviata.; title: A sketch of Richard Wagner.; title: Tannhäuser.; title: A sketch of Albroise Thomas.; title: Mignon.; title: A sketch of Charles François Gounod.; title: Faust.; title: A sketch of Pietro Mascagni.; title: Cavalleria rusticana. sect. 2. The Rhinegold.; title: The Valkyrie.; title: Siegfried.; title: Götterdämmerung.; title: Sketch of Friedrich von Flotow.; title: Stradella. sect 3. Martha.; title: Semiramide.; title: Manon.; title: Norma.; title: A life-sketch of Mozart.; title: Marriage of Figaro. sect. 4. Aïda.; title: A sketch of Carl Maria von Weber.; title: Der freischutz.; title: La dame blanche.; title: A sketch of François Boieldieu.; title: Sapho.; title: A sketch of J. Massenet.; title: Lucia di Lammermoor.; title: A sketch of Gaëtano Donizetti. sect 5. Orpheus and Eurydice.; title: A sketch of Christoph von Gluck.; title: A sketch of Giacomo Meyerbeer.; title: The Huguenots.; title: Il trovatore.; title: Carmen.; title: A sketch of Georges Bizet.; title: The Jewess.; title: A sketch of Jacques François Halévy. sect. 6. The flying Dutchman.; title: Fidelio.; title: A sketch of Ludwig von Beethoven.; title: Lohengrin.; title: Hansel and Gretel.; title: A sketch of Engelbert Humperdinck.; title: Don Giovanni. sect. 7. Nero.; title: A sketch of Anton Gregor Rubinstein.; title: I puritani.; title: The master-singers of Nuremberg.; title: Lakme.; title: A sketch of Leo Delibes.; title: Samson and Delilah.; title: A sketch of C. Saint-Saënes. sect 8. Tristan and Isolde.; title: The magic flute.; title: The Bohemian girl.; title: A sketch of Michael Balfe.; title: La bohème.; title: Sketch of Giacomo Puccini.; title: Queen of Sheba.; title: A sketch of Karl Goldmark. sect. 9. The prophet.; title: Robert the Devil.; title: Lucretia Borgia.; title: William Tell.; title: A sketch of Gioacchino Antonio Rossini.; title: Fra Diavolo.; title: A sketch of Daniel François Esprit Auber. sect. 10. The barber of Seville.; title: L'Africaine.; title: La favorita.; title: La sonnambula.; title: Rigoletto