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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
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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
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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