The Complete Opera Book
- Subtitle
- The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation
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1. Front matter2. The Complete Opera Book The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation By Gustav Kobbé3. FOREWORD4. ILLUSTRATIONS5. Schools of Opera6. Opera Before Gluck7. Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)9. Ludwig van Beethoven10. Weber and his Operas11. Why Some Operas are Rarely Given12. From Weber to Wagner13. Richard Wagner (1813-1883)14. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (continued 2)15. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (continued 3)16. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (continued 4)17. Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868)18. Vincenzo Bellini (1802-1835)19. Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)20. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)21. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) (continued 2)22. Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)23. French Opera24. Méhul to Meyerbeer25. Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)26. Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)27. PART I. “LA PRISE DE TROIE” The Capture of Troy28. PART II. “LES TROYENS À CARTHAGE” The Trojans in Carthage29. F. von Flotow30. Charles François Gounod (1818-1893)31. Ambroise Thomas32. Georges Bizet33. Italian Opera Since Verdi34. Pietro Mascagni (1863- )35. Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858- )36. Giacomo Puccini (1858- )37. Riccardo Zandonai38. Franco Leoni39. Italo Montemezzi40. Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari41. Umberto Giordano42. Modern Italian Opera43. Modern French Opera44. Modern German and Bohemian Opera45. Richard Strauss46. Russian Opera47. American Opera48. Spanish Opera49. INDEX50. Transcriber’s Errata List