Opera Books
THE STANDARD OPERAGLASS
Detailed Plots
of the Celebrated Operas
With Critical and Biographical
Remarks and Dates
BY
CHARLES ANNESLEY
WITH A PRELUDE
BY
JAMES HUNEKER
REVISED
EDITION
NEW YORK
BRENTANO’S
1931
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Operas |
Composers |
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Weber |
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Meyerbeer |
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Verdi |
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Flotow |
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Montimezzi |
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Wolf-Ferrari |
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Giordano |
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Erlanger |
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Haydn |
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Dukas |
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Gluck |
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Armorer (Waffenschmied) |
Lortzing |
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Bruneau |
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Erlanger |
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Auber |
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Verdi |
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Cornelius |
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Rossini |
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Smetana |
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Berlioz |
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Berlioz |
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Puccini |
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Balfe |
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Moussorgsky |
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Reinecke |
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Carlo Broschi (Teufel’s Antheil) |
Auber |
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Bizet |
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Richard Strauss |
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Mascagni |
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Giordrno |
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Massenet |
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Leroux |
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Planquette |
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Massenet |
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Leroux |
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Massenet |
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Hadley |
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Delibes |
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Rimsky-Korsakoff |
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Mozart |
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Goldmark |
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Ricci |
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Franchetti |
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Damrosch |
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Lortzing |
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Saint-Saëns |
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Boieldieu |
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Berlioz |
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Saint-Saëns |
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Rubinstein |
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Wolff |
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Dinorah ou Le Pardon de Ploermel |
Meyerbeer |
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Bizet |
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Breton |
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Auber |
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Verdi |
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Mozart |
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Donizetti |
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Massenet |
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Reznicek |
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Wolf-Ferrari |
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Maillart |
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Richard Strauss |
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Donizetti |
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Debussy |
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Verdi |
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Mancinelli |
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Meyerbeer |
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Tschaikowsky |
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Weber |
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Kienzl |
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Parker |
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Verdi |
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Gounod |
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Donizetti |
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Giordano |
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Hahn |
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Beethoven |
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Donizetti |
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Lecocq |
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Johann Strauss |
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Wagner |
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Kretschmer |
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Verdi |
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Auber |
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Zandonai |
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Becker |
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Weber |
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Mascagni |
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Schumann |
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Franchetti |
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Puccini |
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Casella |
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Ponchielli |
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Puccini |
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Borne |
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Brüll |
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Wagner |
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Lortzing |
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Massenet |
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Chabrier |
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Laparra |
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Thomas |
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Humperdinck |
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Marschner |
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Saint-Saëns |
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Kretschmer |
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Massenet |
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Draeseke |
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Ravel |
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Kaskel |
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Meyerbeer |
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Ritter |
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Mozart |
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Grammann |
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Gluck |
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Gluck |
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Mascagni |
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Irrlicht (Will-o’-the.Wisp) |
Grammann |
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Mascagni |
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Boieldieu |
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Spohr |
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Wolf-Ferrari |
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Massenet |
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Mehul |
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Laparra |
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Halévy |
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Junker Heinz (Sir Harry) |
Perfali |
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Chabrier |
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Taylor and Millay |
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Humperdinck |
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Kienzl |
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Delibes |
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Breil |
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Glinka |
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Donizetti |
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Thuille |
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Mascagni |
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Wagner |
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Catalani |
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Forster |
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Charpentier |
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Meyer-Helmund |
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Donizetti |
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Donizetti |
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Verdi |
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Rubinstein |
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Puccini |
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Messager |
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Giordano |
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Herbert |
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Mozart |
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Forster |
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Massenet |
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Puccini |
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Paderewski |
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Pittrich |
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Marguerite (Faust) |
Gounod |
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Wallace |
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Rabaud |
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Flotow |
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Auber |
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Wagner |
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Lindner |
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Boito |
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Grammann |
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Goldmark |
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Nicolai |
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Thomas |
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Sullivan |
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Hue |
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Gounod |
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Rachmaninoff |
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Parker |
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Schillings |
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Fevrier |
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Auber |
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Nachtlages von Granada (Night’s Camp) |
Kreutzer |
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Herbert |
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Massenet |
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Boito |
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Niebelung’s Ring: I. Rhinegold |
Wagner |
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Niebelung’s Ring : II. Walkryrie |
Wagner |
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Nieblung’s Ring : III. Siegfried |
Wagner |
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Nieblung’s Ring: IV. Dusk of the Gods |
Wagner |
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Erlanger |
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Bellini |
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Mozart |
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Adam |
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Weber |
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Bungert |
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Wolff |
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Leoni |
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Gluck |
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Verdi |
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Leoncavallo |
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Floridia |
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Wagner |
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Bizet |
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Debussy |
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Stravinsky |
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Gounod |
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Weber |
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Converse |
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Nessler |
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Tschaikowsky |
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Poacher (Widschutz) |
Lortzing |
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Adam |
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