Opera Books

TWO HUNDRED
OPERA PLOTS

By

GLADYS DAVIDSON

AUTHOR OF
“STORIES FROM THE OPERAS,”
“THE OLD TESTAMENT STORY,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

VOL. II.

LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE
CLIFFORD’S INN

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II

MEYERBEER—
101.  Africaine, L’
102.  Dinorah
103.  Les Huguenots
104.  The Prophet
105.  Robert the Devil
106.  The Star of the North

MILLOOCKER—
107.  The Beggar Student. .

MISSA—
108.  Muguette

MOZART—
109.  Cosi fan Tutte
110.  Don Giovanni
111.  Idomeneus
112.  The Magic Flute
113.  The Marriage of Figaro
114.  Il Seraglio

NESSLER—
115.  The Piper of Hamelyn
116.  The Trumpeter of Säkkingen

NICOLAI—
117.  The Merry Wives of Windsor

OFFENBACH—
118.  La Belle Hélène
119.  The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein
120.  Orpheus Aux Enfers
121 Tales of Hoffmann

PADEREWSKI—
122.  Manru

PIZZI—
123.  Rosalba

PLANQUETTE—
124.  Les Cloches de Corneville

POLDINI—
125.  The Vagabond and the Princess

PONCHIELLI—
126.  La Gioconda

PUCCINI—
127.  La Bohème
128.  The Girl of the Golden West
129.  Madame Butterfly
130.  Manon Lescaut
131.  La Tosca

REVER—
132.  Sigurd

RICCI—
133.  Crispino

ROSSINI—
134.  The Barber of Seville
135.  Semiramide
136.  William Tell

RUBENSTEIN—
137.  Nero
138.  The Demon

SAINT SAENS—
139.  Henry VIII
140.  Proserpine
141.  Samson and Dalila

SCHILLINGS—
142.  Moloch

SCHUMANN—
143.  Genoveva

SMETANA—
144.  The Sold Bride

SPINELLI—
145.  A Basso Porto

SPOHR—
146.  Jessonda

STANFORD—
147.  Shamus O’Brien

STRAUSS (JOHANN)—
148.  The Bat.
149.  The Gipsy Baron
150.  The Merry War.
151 The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief

STRAUSS (RICHARD)—
152.  Elektra
153.  Fuersnot
154.  Salome

.SULLIVAN—
155.  The Gondoliers
156.  Haddon Hall
157.  H.M.S. Pinafore
158.  Iolanthe
159.  The Mikado
160.  Patience
161.  The Pirates of Penzance
162.  Princess Ida
163.  Ruddygore
164.  The Sorcerer
165.  Utopia, Limited
166.  The Yeomen of the Guard

SUPPÉ—
167.  Boccaccio

THOMAS—
168.  Hamlet
169.  Mignon

TSCHAIKOWSKY—
170.  Eugène Onegin

VERDI—
171.  Aïda .
172.  Don Carlos
173.  Ernani
174.  Falstaff
175.  The Masked Ball
176.  Othello
177.  Rigoletto
178.  La Traviata
179.  Il Trovatore

WAGNER (RICHARD)—
180.  The Flying Dutchman
181.  Lohengrin
182.  The Master-singers of Nuremberg
183.  Parsifal
184.  Rienzi
185.  The Ring — (Part 1) — The Rhinegold
186.                       (Part 2) — The Valkyrie
187.                       (Part 3) — Siegfried
188.                       (Part 4) — The Dusk of the Gods
189.  Tannhäuser
190.  Tristan and Isolda

WAGNER (SIEGFRIED)—
191.  Bearskin
192.  The Kobold

WALLACE—
193.  The Amber Witch
194.  Lurline
195.  Maritana

WEBER—
196.  Euryanthe
197.  Der Freischütz
198.  Oberon
199.  Precoisa
200.  Silvana

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SCHUMANN
OFFENBACH
PONCHIELLI
PUCCINI
SPOHR
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
WEBER

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF OPERAS

OPERA  

COMPOSER

Africaine, L’  

Meyerbeer

Aïda  

Verdi

Amber Witch, The  

Wallace

Barber of Seville  

Rossini

Basso Porto, A  

Spinelli

Bat, The  

Strauss, Johann

Bearskin  

Wagner, Siegfried

Beggar Student, The  

Millöcker

Belle Hélène, La  

Offenbach

Boccaccio  

Suppé

Bohème, La  

Puccini

Cloches de Corneville, Les  

Planquette

Cosi Fan Tutte  

Mozart

Crispino  

Ricci

Demon, The  

Rubenstein

Dinorah  

Meyerbeer

Don Carlos  

Verdi

Don Giovanni  

Mozart

Dusk of the Gods, The (Part IV. of “The Nibelung’s Ring”)  

Wagner, Richard

Elektra  

Strauss, Richard

Ernani  

Verdi

Eugène          Onegin  

Tschaikowsky

Euryanthe  

Weber

Falstaff  

Verdi

Fuersnot  

Strauss, Richard

Flying Dutchman, The  

Wagner, Richard

Freischütz, Der  

Weber

Genoveva  

Schumann

Gioconda, La  

Ponchielli

Gipsy Baron, The  

Strauss, Johann

Girl of the Golden West, The  

Puccini

Gondoliers The  

Sullivan

The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein  

Offenhach

Haddon Hall  

Sullivan

Hamlet  

Thomas

Henry VIII  

Saint-Saens

H.M.S.            Pinafore  

Sullivan

Huguenots, The  

Meyerbeer

Idomeneus  

Mozart

Iolanthe  

Sullivan

Jessonda  

Spohr

Kobold, The  

Wagner, Siegfried

Lohengrin  

Wagner, Richard

Lurline  

Wallace

Madame Butterfly  

Puccini

Magic Flute, The  

Mozart

Manon Lescaut  

Puccini

Manru  

Paderewski

Maritana  

Wallace

Marriage of Figaro, The  

Mozart

Masked Ball, The  

Verdi

Master-singers of Nuremberg, The  

Wagner, Richard

Merry War, The  

Strauss, Johann

Merry Wives of Windsor, The  

Nicolai

Mignon  

Thomas

Mikado, The  

Sullivan

Moloch  

Schillings

Muguette  

Missa

Nero  

Rubenstein

Oberon          

Weber

Orpheus Aux Enfers  

Offenbach

Othello  

Verdi

Parsifal  

Wagner, Richard

Patience  

Sullivan

Piper of Hamelyn, The  

Nessler

Pirates of Penzance, The  

Sullivan

Preciosa  

Weber

Princess Ida  

Sullivan

Prophet, The  

Meyerbeer

Proserpine  

Saint-Saens

Queen’s Lace Handkerchief, The  

Strauss, Johann

Rhinegold, The (Part 1. of “The Nibelung’s Ring")  

Wagner, Richard

Rienzi  

Wagner, Richard

Rigoletto  

Verdi

Robert the Devil  

Meyerbeer

Rosalba  

Pizzi

Ruddygore  

Sullivan

Salome  

Strauss, Richard

Samson and Dalila  

Saint-Saens

Semiramide  

Rossini

Seraglio, Il  

Mozart

Shamus O’Brien  

Stanford

Siegfried (Part III of “The Nibelung’s Ring")  

Wagner, Richard

Sigurd  

Reyer

Silvana  

Weber

Sold Bride, The  

Smetana

Sorcerer, The  

Sullivan

Star of the North,      The   

Meyerbeer

Tales of Hoffmann  

Offenbach

Tannhäuser  

Wagner, Richard

Tosca, La  

Puccini

Traviata, La  

Verdi

Tristan and    Isolda  

Wagner, Richard

Trovatore, Il  

Verdi

Trumpeter of Säkkingen, The  

Nessler

Utopia, Limited  

Sullivan

Vagabond and the Princess,         The   

Poldini

Valkyrie, The (Part II. of “The Nibelung’s Ring")  

Wagner, Richard

William Tell  

Rossini

Yeomen of the Guard, The  

Sullivan

Last updated November 01, 2006