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List of illustrations | p. ix |
Preface and acknowledgements | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Opera's first centennial | p. 36 |
Opera seria | p. 68 |
Discipline | p. 91 |
Opera buffa and Mozart's line of beauty | p. 117 |
Singing and speaking before 1800 | p. 145 |
The German problem | p. 167 |
Rossini and transition | p. 188 |
The tenor comes of age | p. 215 |
Young Verdi | p. 241 |
Grand Opera | p. 261 |
Young Wagner | p. 290 |
Opéra comique, the crucible | p. 315 |
Old Wagner | p. 341 |
Verdi - older still | p. 373 |
Realism and clamour | p. 397 |
Turning point | p. 425 |
Modern | p. 456 |
Speech | p. 488 |
We are alone in the forest | p. 516 |
References | p. 549 |
Bibliography | p. 568 |
Index | p. 579 |
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