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The Standard Operaglass: Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas
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    The Standard Operaglass - Charles pseud. Annesley

    Charles pseud. Annesley

    The Standard Operaglass

    Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas

    EAN 8596547216063

    DigiCat, 2022

    Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

    Table of Contents

    The

    Standard-Operaglass

    CONTAINING THE DETAILED PLOTS OF

    ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE CELEBRATED OPERAS

    WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL REMARKS, DATES &c. &c.

    BY CHARLES ANNESLEY

    INDEX OF THE OPERAS.

    INDEX OF THE COMPOSERS.

    ABU HASSAN.

    L'AFRICAINE.

    AÏDA.

    ALESSANDRO STRADELLA.

    ARMIDA.

    DER WAFFENSCHMIED. (THE ARMORER.)

    BALLO IN MASCHERA or GUSTAVUS THE THIRD.

    THE BARBER OF BAGDAD.

    IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA.

    BENVENUTO CELLINI.

    BY ORDER OF HIS HIGHNESS (AUF HOHEN BEFEHL.)

    CARLO BROSCHI or THE DEVIL'S PART.

    CARMEN.

    CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA. (SICILIAN RUSTIC CHIVALRY) .

    COSI FAN TUTTE.

    CZAR AND ZIMMERMANN THE TWO PETERS.

    LA DAME BLANCHE.

    IL DEMONIO.

    LE DOMINO NOIR.

    DON CARLOS.

    DON JUAN.

    DON PASQUALE.

    LES DRAGONS DE VILLARS. (THE BELL OF THE HERMIT.)

    THE DUSK OF THE GODS.

    EURYANTHE.

    FALSTAFF.

    FIDELIO.

    LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.

    DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER. (THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.)

    THE FOLKUNGS.

    FRA DIAVOLO.

    FRAUENLOB.

    DER FREISCHÜTZ.

    FRIEND FRITZ.

    GENOVEVA.

    THE GOLDEN CROSS.

    THE TWO GRENADIERS.

    HAMLET.

    HANSEL AND GRETEL.

    HANS HEILING.

    HENRY THE LION.

    HERRAT.

    HOCHZEITSMORGEN. (WEDDING'S MORNING.)

    LES HUGUENOTS.

    IDLE HANS. (DER FAULE HANS.)

    IDOMENEUS.

    JEAN DE PARIS.

    JESSONDA.

    INGRID.

    IPHIGENIA IN AULIS.

    IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS.

    JOSEPH IN EGYPT.

    IRRLICHT. (WILL-O'-THE WISP.)

    LA JUIVE (THE JEWESS) .

    JUNKER HEINZ (SIR HARRY) .

    A KING AGAINST HIS WILL. (DER KONIG WIDER WILLEN.)

    LOHENGRIN.

    LORLE.

    LOVE'S BATTLE. (DER LIEBESKAMPF.)

    LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.

    LUCREZIA BORGIA.

    THE MACCABEES.

    THE MAGIC FLUTE. (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE.)

    THE MAIDENS OF SCHILDA.

    MARGA.

    MARGUERITE (OR FAUST) .

    MARTHA

    THE MASTER-SINGERS OF NÜREMBERG.

    THE MASTER-THIEF.

    DER MAURER. (THE MASON.)

    MELUSINE.

    MERLIN.

    THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.

    MIGNON.

    LA MUETTE DE PORTICI.

    NACHTLAGER VON GRANADA. (A NIGHT'S REST AT GRANADA.)

    NORMA.

    LE NOZZE DI FIGARO.

    THE NUREMBERG DOLL. (DIE NÜRNBERGER PUPPE.)

    OBERON.

    ORFEO E EURYDICE.

    OTHELLO.

    PAGLIACCI. (MERRY ANDREW.)

    PARSIFAL.

    PHILÉMON AND BAUCIS.

    THE THREE PINTOS.

    THE PIPER OF HAMELN.

    THE POACHER or THE VOICE OF NATURE

    THE POSTILION OF LONGJUMEAU.

    PRECIOSA.

    LE PROPHÈTE.

    THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. (DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA.)

    THE NIBELUNGEN RING.

    RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES.

    RIGOLETTO.

    ROBERT LE DIABLE.

    LE ROI L'A DIT. (THE KING HAS SAID IT.)

    ROMEO E GIULIETTA.

    IL SERAGLIO.

    SIEGFRIED.

    SILVANA.

    LA SOMNAMBULA.

    THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.

    TANNHÄUSER.

    GUGLIELMO TELL.

    THE TEMPLAR AND THE JEWESS.

    LA TRAVIATA (OR VIOLETTA) .

    TRISTAN AND ISOLDA.

    IL TROVATORE.

    DER TROMPETER VON SÄKKINGEN. (THE TRUMPETER OF SAEKKINGEN.)

    UNDINE.

    URVASI.

    THE VAMPIRE.

    THE WALKYRIE.

    ZAMPA.

    THE APOTHECARY. (LO SPEZIALE.)

    DJAMILEH.

    DONNA DIANA.

    THE SOLD BRIDE.

    BALLO IN MASCHERA.

    THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH.

    THE EVANGELIMANN.

    ODYSSEUS' RETURN.

    BEARSKIN. (DER BÄRENHÄUTER) .

    THE CID.

    KIRKE (CIRCE) .

    Prologue. Polyphemus.

    Act I.

    Act II

    Act III.

    ERNANI.

    WERTHER.

    THE DEPARTURE.

    DELILA.

    NAUSIKAA.

    Prologue.

    Act I.

    Act II.

    Act III.

    MANRU.

    FEUERSNOT (THE PLAGUE OF DARKNESS) .

    HOFFMANN'S TALES.

    THE ALPINE KING AND THE MISANTHROPE.

    MANON.

    ODYSSEUS' DEATH.

    TOSCA.

    BARFUSSELE (LITTLE BARE FOOT) .

    LA BOHÈME.

    THE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT) .

    FLAUTO SOLO.

    MOLOCH.

    SALOME.

    DIE SCHÖNEN VON FOGARAS. (THE BEAUTIES OF FOGARAS.)

    TIEFLAND. (THE LOWLANDS.)

    MADAME BUTTERFLY.

    ACTÉ.

    EUGENE ONEGIN.

    ELEKTRA.

    VERSIEGELT. (SEALED.)

    Photograph of Therese Malten. _Evchen._

    Photograph of Therese Malten. Evchen.

    Photograph of Karl Scheidemantel. _Hans Sachs._

    Photograph of Karl Scheidemantel. Hans Sachs.

    The

    Table of Contents

    Standard-Operaglass

    Table of Contents

    CONTAINING

    THE DETAILED PLOTS

    OF

    Table of Contents

    ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE CELEBRATED OPERAS

    Table of Contents

    WITH CRITICAL

    AND BIOGRAPHICAL REMARKS, DATES &c. &c.

    Table of Contents

    BY

    CHARLES ANNESLEY

    Table of Contents

    THIRTY FIRST TO THIRTY THIRD THOUSAND REVISED

    AND ENLARGED EDITION

    DEDICATED TO THERESE MALTEN

    KÖNIGL. SÄCHS. KAMMERSÄNGERIN

    (with 2 portraits of Malten and Scheidemantel).

    LONDON.

    SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO. LIMITED.

    17a PATERN0STER ROW. 100 SOUTHWARK STREET.

    INDEX OF THE OPERAS.

    Table of Contents

    Operas. Composers. Fol.

    Abu Hassan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weber . . . . . . . 1

    Africaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meyerbeer . . . . . 3

    Aïda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 8

    Alessandro Stradella . . . . . . . . . Flotow . . . . . . 10

    Armida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gluck . . . . . . . 12

    Armorer (Waffenschmied) . . . . . . . Lortzing . . . . . 14

    Ballo in Maschera . . . . . . . . . . Auler . . . . . . . 15

    Barber of Bagdad . . . . . . . . . . . Cornelius . . . . . 18

    Barbiere di Seviglia . . . . . . . . . Rossini . . . . . . 22

    Benvenuto Cellini . . . . . . . . . . Berlins . . . . . . 25

    By Order of His Highness . . . . . . . Keineckt . . . . . 30

    Carlo Broschi (Teufel's Antheil) . . . Auber . . . . . . . 33

    Carmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bizet . . . . . . . 36

    Cavalleria Rusticana . . . . . . . . . Mascagni . . . . . 39

    Cosi fan tutte . . . . . . . . . . . . Mozart . . . . . . 41

    Czar and Zimmermann . . . . . . . . . Lortzing . . . . . 43

    Dame Blanche . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boieldieu . . . . . 46

    Demonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubinstein . . . . 49

    Domino Noir . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auber . . . . . . . 52

    Don Carlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 54

    Don Juan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mozart . . . . . . 57

    Don Pasquale . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donizetti . . . . . 59

    Dragons de Villars . . . . . . . . . . Maillart . . . . . 62

    Dusk of the Gods . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 68

    Euryanthe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weber . . . . . . . 72

    Falstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 75

    Fidelio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven . . . . . 78

    Figlia del Reggimento . . . . . . . . Donizetti . . . . . 81

    {viii}

    Flying Dutchman . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 84

    Folkungs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kretschmer . . . . 87

    Fra Diavolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auber . . . . . . . 90

    Frauenlob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Becker . . . . . . 94

    Freischütz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weber . . . . . . . 98

    Friend Fritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mascagni . . . . . 102

    Genoveva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schumann . . . . . 105

    Golden Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brüll . . . . . . . 108

    Two Grenadiers . . . . . . . . . . . . Lortzing . . . . . 110

    Hamlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas . . . . . . 114

    Hansel and Gretel . . . . . . . . . . Humperdinck . . . . 116

    Hans Heiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marschner . . . . . 121

    Henry the Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . Kretschmer . . . . 125

    Herrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Draeseke . . . . . 128

    Hochzeitsmorgen . . . . . . . . . . . Kaskel . . . . . . 132

    Huguenots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meyerbeer . . . . 134

    Idle Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ritter . . . . . . 138

    Idomeneus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mozart. . . . . . . 141

    Jean de Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . Boieldieu . . . . . 145

    Jessonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spohr . . . . . . . 148

    Ingrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grammann . . . . . 149

    Iphigenia in Aulis . . . . . . . . . . Gluck . . . . . . . 157

    Iphigenia in Tauris . . . . . . . . . Gluck . . . . . . . 153

    Josef in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . Méhul . . . . . . . 155

    Irrlicht (will-o-the Wisp) . . . . . . Grammann . . . . . 158

    Juive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halévy . . . . . . 161

    Junker Heinz (Sir Harry) . . . . . . . Perfall . . . . . . 164

    King against his will . . . . . . . . Chabrier . . . . . 168

    Lohengrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 172

    Lorle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foerster . . . . . 176

    Love's Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . Meyer-Helmund . . . 181

    Lucia die Lammermoor . . . . . . . . . Donizetti . . . . . 183

    Lucrezia Borgia . . . . . . . . . . . Donizetti . . . . . 185

    Maccabees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubinstein . . . . 188

    Magic Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mozart . . . . . . 191

    Maidens of Schilda . . . . . . . . . . Foerster . . . . . 195

    {ix}

    Marga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pittrich . . . . . 199

    Marguerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gounod . . . . . . 201

    Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flotow . . . . . . 203

    Master-Singers of Nüremberg . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 206

    Master-Thief . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindner . . . . . . 211

    Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auber . . . . . . . 215

    Melusine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grammann . . . . . 217

    Merlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goldmark . . . . . 222

    Merry Wives of Windsor . . . . . . . . Nicolai . . . . . . 225

    Mignon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas . . . . . . 228

    Muette de Portici . . . . . . . . . . Auber . . . . . . . 230

    Nachtlager von Granada (Night's Rest) Kreutzer . . . . . 233

    Nibelung's Ring: I. Rhinegold . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 287

    II. Walkyrie . . . . " . . . . . . 345

    III. Siegfried . . . . " . . . . . . 307

    IV. Dusk of the Gods " . . . . . . 68

    Norma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bellini . . . . . . 234

    Nozze di Figaro . . . . . . . . . . . Mozart . . . . . . 237

    Nüremberg Doll . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam . . . . . . . 241

    Oberon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weber . . . . . . . 244

    Orfeo e Eurydice . . . . . . . . . . . Gluck . . . . . . . 248

    Othello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 250

    Pagliacci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leoncavallo . . . . 254

    Parsifal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 258

    Philemon and Baucis . . . . . . . . . Gounod . . . . . . 262

    Pintos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weber . . . . . . . 264

    Piper of Hameln . . . . . . . . . . . Nessler . . . . . . 268

    Poacher (Wildschütz) . . . . . . . . . Lortzing . . . . . 272

    Postilion of Longjumeau . . . . . . . Adam . . . . . . . 274

    Preciosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weber . . . . . . . 277

    Prophète . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meyerbeer . . . . . 279

    Queen of Sheba . . . . . . . . . . . . Goldmark . . . . . 283

    Rhinegold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 287

    Rienzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 290

    Rigoletto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 292

    Robert le Diable . . . . . . . . . . . Meyerbeer . . . . . 295

    {x}

    Roi l'a dit . . . . . . . . . . . . . Délibes . . . . . . 299

    Romeo e Giulietta . . . . . . . . . . Gounod . . . . . . 303

    Seraglio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mozart . . . . . . 305

    Siegfried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 307

    Silvana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weber . . . . . . . 310

    Somnambula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bellini . . . . . . 313

    Taming of the Shrew . . . . . . . . . Goetz . . . . . . . 315

    Tannhäuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 316

    Tell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rossini . . . . . . 321

    Templar and the Jewess . . . . . . . . Marschner . . . . . 323

    Traviata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 325

    Tristan and Isolda . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 327

    Trovatore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 330

    Trumpeter of Saekkingen . . . . . . . Nessler . . . . . . 332

    Undine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lortzing . . . . . 335

    Urvasi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiensl . . . . . . 338

    Vampire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marschner . . . . . 341

    Walkyrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagner . . . . . . 345

    Zampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herold . . . . . . 348

    Newly added.

    Operas. Composers. Fol.

    Apothecary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haydn . . . . . . . 350

    Djamileh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bizet . . . . . . . 354

    Donna Diana . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reznicek . . . . . 357

    Sold Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smetana . . . . . . 363

    1897/98:

    Ballo in Maschera . . . . . . . . . . Verdi . . . . . . . 368

    The Cricket on the Hearth . . . . . . Goldmark . . . . . 372

    The Evangelimann . . . . . . . . . . . Kiensl . . . . . . 376

    Odysseus' Return . . . . . . . . . . . Bungert . . . . . . 380

    1899:

    Bearskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siegfr. Wagner . . 389

    Cid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Cornelius . . 398

    Kirke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bungert . . . . . . 403

    {xi}

    Added in 1900.

    Delila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille Saint-Saëns 420

    Departure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugène d'Albert 417

    Ernani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giuseppe Verdi 410

    Werther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. E. F. Massenet 413

    1901/2.

    Nausikaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August Bungert 423

    Manru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Paderewski 430

    Feuersnot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Strauss 433

    Hoffmann's Tales . . . . . . . . . . . Jacques Offenbach 437

    1903/4.

    Alpine King and the Misanthrope . . . Leo Blech 442

    Manon Lescaut . . . . . . . . . . . . J. E. F. Massenet 449

    Odysseus' Death . . . . . . . . . . . August Bungert 456

    Tosca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giacomo Puccini 462

    1905/6.

    Barfüssele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Heuberger 469

    Bohème . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giacomo Puccini 475

    Fledermaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Strauss 479

    1906.

    Flauto Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugène d'Albert 484

    Moloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max Schillings 490

    Salome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Strauss 496

    1907.

    Die Schönen von Fogaras . . . . . . . Alfred Grünfeld 500

    Tiefland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugène d'Albert 506

    Madame Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . Giacomo Puccini 513

    1908.

    Acté . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Manén 518

    1909.

    Eugene Onegin . . . . . . . . . . . . P. J. Tschaikowsky 524

    Elektra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Strauss 528

    Versiegelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo Blech 533

    INDEX OF THE COMPOSERS.

    Table of Contents

    Fol.

    Adam (Adolphe) b. July 24th 1803 Paris, d. May 3rd 1856

    Paris

    1. Nuremberg Doll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

    2. Postilion of Lonjumeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

    Auber (Daniel François Esprit) b. Jan. 29th 1784 Caën

    (Normandy), d. May 13th 1871 Paris

    1. Ballo in Maschera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

    2. Carlo Broschi (Teufels Antheil) . . . . . . . . . . 33

    3. Domino Noir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

    4. Fra Diavolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

    5. Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

    6. Muette de Portici . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

    Becker (Reinhold) b. 1842 Adorf i. V. (Saxony)

    Frauenlob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

    Bellini (Vincenzo) b. Nov. 3rd 1802 Catanea, d. Sept. 4th 1835

    Puteaux n. Paris

    1. Norma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

    2. Somnambula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

    Beethoven (Ludwig van) b. Dec. 17th 1770 Bonn, d. March

    26th 1827 Vienna

    Fidelio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

    Berlioz (Hector) b. Dec. 11th 1803 Cote St. André (Dep. Isère),

    d. March 9th 1869 Paris

    Benvenuto Cellini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

    Bizet (Georges) b. Oct. 25th 1838 Paris, d. June 3rd 1875 Paris

    1. Carmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

    2. Djamileh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

    {xiii}

    Boieldieu (François Adrien) b. Dec. 15th 1775 Rouen, d.

    Oct. 8th 1834 Paris

    1. Dame Blanche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

    2. Jean de Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

    Brüll (Ignaz) b. Nor. 7th 1846 Prossnitz (Moravia)

    Golden Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

    Chabrier (Emanuel) b. Jan. 18th 1841 Ambert (Puy de Dôme)

    A King against his will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

    Cornelius (Peter) b. Dec. 24th 1824 Mayence, d. Oct. 28th

    1874 (Munich)

    Barber of Bagdad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

    Délibes (Leo) b. 1836 St. German du Val (Sarthe)

    Le Roi l'a dit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

    Donizetti (Gaetano) b. Sept. 25th 1797 Bergamo, d. April 8th

    1848 Bergamo

    1. Don Pasquale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

    2. Figlia del Reggimento . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

    3. Lucia di Lammermoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

    4. Lucrezia Borgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

    Draeseke (Felix) b. October 7th 1835 Coburg

    Herrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

    Flotow (Friedrich von) b. April 27th 1812 Teutendorf (Mecklenburg)

    1. Alessandro Stradella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

    2. Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

    Foerster (Alban) b. Oct. 23rd 1849 Reichenbach (Saxony)

    1. Lorle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

    2. Maidens of Schilda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

    Gluck (Christoph Willibald) b. July 4th 1714 Weidenwang

    (Palatine) d. Nov. 25th 1787 Vienna

    1. Armida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

    2. Iphigenia in Aulis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

    3. Iphigenia in Tauris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

    4. Orfeo e Eurydice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

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    Goetz (Hermann) b. Dec. 17th 1840 Konigsberg in Prussia,

    d. Dec. 3rd 1876 Zurich

    Taming of the Shrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

    Goldmark (Karl) b. May 18th 1832 Keszthely (Hungaria)

    1. Merlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

    2. Queen of Sheba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

    Gounod (Charles François) b. June 17th 1818 Paris

    1. Marguerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

    2. Philémon and Baucis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

    3. Romeo e Giulietta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

    Grammann (Karl) b. June 3rd 1844 Lübeck

    1. Ingrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

    2. Irrlicht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

    3. Melusine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

    Halévy (Jacques François Fromental) b. May 27th 1799 Paris,

    d. March 17th 1862 Paris

    Juive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

    Haydn (Josef) b. March 31st 1732 Rohrau d. May 31st 1809 Vienna

    Apothecary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

    Herold (Louis Josef Ferdinand) b. Jan. 28th 1791 Paris,

    d. Jan. 19th 1833 Paris

    Zampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

    Humperdinck (Engelbert) b. Sept. 1st 1854 Siegburg on the Ahme

    Hansel and Gretel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

    Kaskel (Karl) b. Oct. 10th 1866 Dresden

    Hochzeitsmorgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

    Kienzl (Wilhelm) b. Jan. 17th 1857 Weitzenkirchen (Austria)

    Urvasi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

    Kretschmer (Edmund) b. Aug. 31st 1830 Ostritz (Saxony)

    1. Folkungs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

    2. Henry the Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

    Kreutzer (Conradin) b. Nov. 16th 1782 Moskirch (Baden),

    d. Jan. 6th 1849 Riga

    Nachtlager von Granada (Night's rest) . . . . . . . . . 233

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    Leoncavallo (R.) b. 1859 Bologna

    Pagliacci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

    Lindner (Eugen) b. Dec. 11th 1858 Leipzig, lives in Weimar

    Master-Tief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

    Lortzing (Albert) b. Oct. 23rd 1803 Berlin, d. Jan. 20th 1851

    Berlin

    1. Armorer (Waffenschmied) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

    2. Czar and Zimmermann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

    3. Two Grenadiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

    4. Poacher (Wildschütz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

    5. Undine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

    Maillart (Louis Aimé) b. March 24th 1817 Montpellier, d.

    May 26th 1871 Moulins

    Les Dragons de Villars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

    Marschner (Heinrich) b. Aug. 16th 1795 Zittau, d. Dec. 16th

    1861 Hannover

    1. Hans Heiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

    2. Templar and Jewess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

    3. The Vampire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

    Mascagni (Pietro) b. Dec. 7th 1863 Livorno

    1. Cavalleria Rusticana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

    2. Friend Fritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

    Méhul (Etienne Henri) b. June 22nd 1763 Givet, d. Oct. 18th

    1817 (Paris)

    Joseph in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

    Meyerbeer (Jacob) b. Sept. 15th 1791 Berlin, d. May 1st 1864 Paris

    1. Africaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    2. Huguenots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

    3. Prophète . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

    4. Robert le Diable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

    Meyer-Helmund (Erik) b. April 25th 1865 St. Petersburg

    Love's Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

    Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) b. Jan. 27th 1756 Salzburg,

    d. Dec. 5th 1791 Vienna

    1. Cosi fan tutte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

    2. Don Juan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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    3. Idomeneus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

    4. Magic Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

    5. Nozze di Figaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

    6. Seraglio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

    Nessler (Victor) b. Jan. 28th 1841 Baldenheim (Alsace), d.

    May 28th 1890 Strassburg

    1. Piper of Hameln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

    2. Trumpeter of Saekkingen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

    Nicolai (Otto) b. June 9th 1810 Königsberg, d. 1849 Berlin

    Merry Wives of Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

    Pitrich (Georg) b. Febr. 22nd 1870 Dresden

    Marga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

    Perfall (Karl Freiherr von) b. Jan. 29th 1824 Munich

    Junker Heinz (Sir Harry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

    Reinecke (Carl) b. June 23rd 1824 Altona, since 1860 in Leipzig

    By Order of His Highness (Auf hohen Befehl) . . . . . . 30

    Reznicek (E. N. Freiherr von) b. May 4th 1861 Vienna

    Donna Diana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

    Ritter (Alexander) b. June 27th 1833 Narva (Russia)

    Idle Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

    Rossini (Gioacchino Antonio) b. Feb. 29th 1792 Pesaro, d.

    Nov. 13th 1868 Paris

    1. Barbiere di Seviglia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

    2. Tell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

    Rubinstein (Anton) b. Nov. 30th 1830 Wechwotynetz (Moscou)

    d. Nov. 25th 1894 Petersburgh

    1. Demonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

    2. Maccabees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

    Schumann (Robert) b. June 8th 1810 Zwickau, d. July 29th

    1856 Endenich near Bonn

    Genoveva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

    Smetana (Fredr.) b. March 2nd 1824 Leitomischl, d. May 12th

    1884 Prague

    Sold Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

    Spohr (Ludwig) b. April 5th 1784 Seesen, d. Nov. 22nd 1859 Kassel

    Jessonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

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    Thomas (Charles Louis Ambroise) b. August 5th 1811 Metz

    1. Hamlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

    2. Mignon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

    Verdi (Giuseppe) b. Oct. 9th 1814 Roncole (Lombardy)

    1. Aïda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

    2. Don Carlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

    3. Falstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

    4. Othello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

    5. Rigoletto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

    6. Traviata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

    7. Trovatore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

    Wagner (Richard) b. May 22nd 1813

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