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The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers By: George P. Upton (1834-1919) |
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Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers A Handbook by GEORGE P. UPTON Twelfth Edition Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company 1897 PREFACE. The object of the compiler of this Handbook is to present to the reader a brief but comprehensive sketch of each of the operas contained in the modern repertory which are likely to be given during regular seasons. To this end he has consulted the best authorities, adding to the material thus collected his own observations, and in each case presented a necessarily brief sketch of the composer, the story of each opera, the general character of the music, its prominent scenes and numbers, the latter in the text most familiar to opera goers, the date of first performances, with a statement of the original cast wherever it has been possible to obtain it, and such historical information concerning the opera and its composition as will be of interest to the reader. The work has been prepared for the general public rather than for musicians; and with this purpose in view, technicalities have been avoided as far as possible, the aim being to give musically uneducated lovers of opera a clear understanding of the works they are likely to hear, and thus heighten their enjoyment. In a word, the operas are described rather than criticised, and the work is presented with as much thoroughness as seemed possible considering the necessarily brief space allotted to each. In the preparation of the Handbook, the compiler acknowledges his indebtedness to Grove's excellent "Dictionary of Music" for dates and other statistical information; and he has also made free use of standard musical works in his library for historical events connected with the performance and composition of the operas. It only remains to submit this work to opera goers with the hope that it may add to their enjoyment and prove a valuable addition to their libraries. G.P.U. CHICAGO, August, 1885. CONTENTS. AUBER FRA DIAVOLO MASANIELLO THE CROWN DIAMONDS BALFE THE BOHEMIAN GIRL THE ROSE OF CASTILE BEETHOVEN FIDELIO BELLINI NORMA LA SONNAMBULA I PURITANI BIZET CARMEN BOIELDIEU LA DAME BLANCHE BOITO MEPHISTOPHELES DELIBES LAKME DONIZETTI THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT LA FAVORITA DON PASQUALE LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR L'ELISIR D'AMORE LUCREZIA BORGIA FLOTOW MARTHA STRADELLA GLUCK ORPHEUS GOETZ THE TAMING OF THE SHREW GOLDMARK THE QUEEN OF SHEBA MERLIN GOUNOD FAUST ROMEO AND JULIET MIREILLE HALEVY THE JEWESS HUMPERDINCK HANSEL AND GRETEL LEONCAVALLO I PAGLIACCI MASCAGNI CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA MEYERBEER THE HUGUENOTS THE STAR OF THE NORTH ROBERT THE DEVIL DINORAH THE PROPHET THE AFRICAN MOZART THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO DON GIOVANNI THE MAGIC FLUTE ROSSINI THE BARBER OF SEVILLE SEMIRAMIDE WILLIAM TELL RUBINSTEIN NERO THOMAS MIGNON VERDI ERNANI RIGOLETTO LA TRAVIATA IL TROVATORE THE MASKED BALL AIDA OTHELLO FALSTAFF WAGNER RIENZI THE FLYING DUTCHMAN TANNHÄUSER LOHENGRIN TRISTAN UND ISOLDE THE MASTERSINGERS THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG DAS RHEINGOLD DIE WALKÜRE SIEGFRIED DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG PARSIFAL WALLACE MARITANA WEBER DER FREISCHÜTZ OBERON EURYANTHE APPENDIX INDEX AUBER. Daniel François Esprit Auber, one of the most prominent representatives of the opera comique, was born at Caen, in Normandy, Jan. 29, 1784. He first attracted attention in the musical world by his songs and ballads, written when a mere boy. Young as he was, they were great favorites in French and English drawing rooms, and their success diverted him from his commercial intentions to that profession in which he was destined to achieve such popularity... Continue reading book >>
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