Opera Books
TWO HUNDRED
OPERA PLOTS
By
GLADYS DAVIDSON
AUTHOR OF
“STORIES FROM THE OPERAS”
“THE OLD TESTAMENT STORY,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. I.
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE
CLIFFORD’S INN
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
ADAM—
1.
The Nuremberg Doll
2.
The Postilion of Longjumeau
D’ALBERT—
3.
The Departure
4.
The Lowlands
AUBER—
5.
The Black Domino
6.
Carlo Broschi
7.
The Crown Diamonds
8.
Fra Diavolo
9.
Masaniello
10.
The Mason
BALFE—
11.
The Bohemian Girl
12.
The Rose of Castile
BEETHOVEN—
13.
Fidelio
BELLINI—
14.
Norma
15.
I Puritani
16.
La Sonnambula
BENEDICK—
17.
The Lily of Killarney
BERLIOZ—
18.
Benvenuto Cellini
BIZET—
19.
Carmen
20.
Djamileh
BOIELDIEU—
21.
La Dame Blanche
22.
Jean de Paris
BOITO—
23.
Mephistopheles
BRÜLL—
24.
The Golden Cross
BUNGERT—
25.
Circe
26.
Odysseus’ Return
27.
Odysseus’ Death
CATALANI—
28.
Loreley
CHARPENTIER—
29.
Louise
CHERUBINI—
30.
The Water Carrier
CILIA—
31.
Adrienne Lecouvreur
CORNELIUS—
32.
The Barber of Bagdad
DEBUSSY—
33.
L’Enfant Prodigue
34.
Pelleas and Melisande
DELIBES—
35.
The King Hath Said It
36.
Lakmé
DONIZETTI—
37.
Daughter of the Regiment
38.
Don Pasquale
39.
The Elixir of Love
40.
La Favourita
41.
Linda de Chamouni
42.
Lucia di Lammermoor
43.
Lucrezia Borgia
D’ERLANGER—
44.
Tess
FLOTOW—
45.
Martha
46.
Stradella
FOR STER—
47.
Lorle
48.
The Maidens of Schilda
GATTY—
49.
Greysteel
GENÉE—
50.
Nanon
GERMAN—
51.
Merrie England
GIORDANO—
52.
André Chénier
53.
Fedora
GLUCK—
54.
Alceste
55.
Armida
56.
Iphigenia in Aulis
57.
Iphigenia in Tauris
58.
Orpheus and Eurydice
GOETZ—
59.
The Taming of the Shrew
GOLDMARK—
60.
The Cricket on The Hearth
61.
Merlin
62.
The Queen of Sheba.
GORING
THOMAS—
63.
Esmeralda
GOUNOD—
64.
Faust
65.
Philemon and Baucis
66.
Romeo and Juliet
GRAMMAN—
67.
Melusine
HALÉVY—
68.
L’éclair
69.
The Jewess
HÉROLD—
70.
Le Pré Aux Clercs
71.
Zampa.
HAYDN—
72.
The Apothecary.
HUMPERDINCK—
73.
Hansel and Gretel
KRETSCHMER—
74.
The Folkungs
75.
Henry the Lion
LAPARRA—
76.
Habanera
LECOCQ—
77.
La Fille de Madame Angot
LEONCAVALLO—
78.
Maia
79.
I Pagliacci
LÖRTZING—
80.
The Armourer
81.
The Czar and The Carpenter
82.
Undine
MANEN—
83.
Acté
MARSCHN
ER—
84.
Hans Heiling
85.
The Templar and The Jewess
86.
The Vampire
MASCAGNI—
87.
L’Amico Fritz
88.
Cavalleria Rusticana
89.
Iris
MASSÉ—
90.
The Marriage of Jeannette
91.
Paul and Virginia
92.
La Reine Topaz
MASSENET—
93.
The Cid
94.
Esclarmonde
95.
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame
96.
The King of Lahore
97.
Manon Lescaut
98.
Thais
99.
Werther
MÉHUL—
100.
Joseph in Egypt
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF OPERAS
|
OPERA |
COMPOSER |
|
Acté |
Manen |
|
Adrienne Lecouvreur |
Cilia |
|
Alceste |
Gluck |
|
Amico Fritz, L’ |
Mascagni |
|
André Chénier |
Giordano |
|
Apothecary, The |
Haydn |
|
Armida |
Gluck |
|
Armourer, The |
Lörtzing |
|
Barber of Bagdad, The |
Cornelius |
|
Benvenuto Cellini |
Berlioz |
|
Black Domino, The |
Auber |
|
Bohemian Girl, The |
Balfe |
|
Carlo Broschi |
Auber |
|
Carmen |
Bizet |
|
Cavalleria Rusticana |
Mascagni |
|
Cid, The |
Massenet |
|
Circe |
Bungert |
|
Cricket on the Hearth, The |
Goldmark |
|
Crown Diamonds, The |
Auber |
|
Czar and the Carpenter, The |
Lörtzing |
|
Dame Blanche, La |
Boieldieu |
|
Daughter of the Regiment, The |
Donizetti |
|
Departure, The |
D‘Albert |
|
Djamileh |
Bizet |
|
Don Pasquale |
Donizetti |
|
Eclair, L’ |
Halèvy |
|
Elixir of Love, The |
Donizetti |
|
Enfant Prodigue, L’ |
Debussy |
|
Esclarmonde |
Massenet |
|
Esmeralda |
Goring Thomas |
|
Faust |
Gounod |
|
Favorita, La |
Donizetti |
|
Fedora |
Giordano |
|
Fidelio |
Beethoven |
|
Fille de Madame Angot, La |
Lecocq |
|
Folkungs, The |
Kretschmer |
|
Fra Diavalo |
Auber |
|
Golden Cross, The |
Brull |
|
Greysteel |
Gatty |
|
Habanera |
Laparra |
|
Hans Heiling |
Marschner |
|
Hansel and Gretel |
Humperdinck |
|
Henry the Lion |
Kretschmer |
|
Iphigenia in Aulis |
Gluck |
|
Iphigenia in Tauris |
Gluck |
|
Iris |
Mascagni |
|
Jean de Paris |
Boieldieu |
|
Jewess, The |
Halèvy |
|
Jongleur de Notre Dame, Le |
Massenet |
|
Joseph in Egypt |
Méhul |
|
King Hath Said It, The |
Délibes |
|
King of Lahore, The |
Massenet |
|
Lakmé |
Délibes |
|
Lily of Killarney, The |
Benedick |
|
Linda de Chamouni |
Donizetti |
|
Loreley |
Catalani |
|
Lorie |
Förster |
|
Louise |
Charpentier |
|
Lowlands, The |
D’Albert |
|
Lucia di Lammermoor |
Donizetti |
|
Lucrezia Borgia |
Donizetti |
|
Maia |
Leoncavallo |
|
Maidens of Schilda |
Förster |
|
Manon Lescaut |
Massenet |
|
Marriage of Jeannette |
Massé |
|
Martha |
Flotow |
|
Masaniello |
Auber |
|
Mason, The |
Auber |
|
Melusine |
Gramman |
|
Mephistopheles |
Boito |
|
Merlin |
Goldmark |
|
Merrie England |
German |
|
Nanon |
Genée |
|
Norma |
Bellini |
|
Nuemberg Doll, The |
Adam |
|
Odysseus’ Death |
Bungert |
|
Odysseus’ Return |
Bungert |
|
Orpheus and Eurydice |
Gluck |
|
Pagliacci, I. |
Leoncavallo |
|
Paul and Virginia |
Massé |
|
Pelleas and Melisande |
Debussy |
|
Philemon and Baucis |
Gounod |
|
Postilion of Longjumeau, The |
Adam |
|
Pré Aux Clercs, Le |
Hérold |
|
Puritani I. |
Bellini |
|
Queen of Sheba, The |
Goldmark |
|
Reine Topaze, La |
Massé |
|
Romeo and Juliet |
Gounod |
|
Rose of Castile, The |
Balfe |
|
Sonnambula, La |
Bellini |
|
Stradella |
Flotow |
|
Taming of the Shrew, The |
Goetz |
|
Templar and the Jewess, The |
Marschner |
|
Tess |
D’Erlanger |
|
Thaïs |
Massenet |
|
Undine |
Lörtzing |
|
Vampire, The |
Marschner |
|
Water Carrier, The |
Cherubini |
|
Werther |
Massenet |
|
Zampa |
Hérold |
Last updated October 31, 2006