100 Great Operas And Their Stories

by SIMON, HENRY W.

• ISBN13: 9780385054485
• ISBN10: 0385054483
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1989-04-22
• Publisher: Anchor

Summary

An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and afficionados, this volume contains act-by-act descriptions of operatic works ranging from the early seventeenth century masterworks of Monteverdi and Purcell to the modern classics of Menotti and Britten. Written in a lively anecdotal style, entries include character descriptions, historical background, and much more.

Author Biography

Henry W. Simon (1901–70) was an author, editor, educator, and music critic and served as chairman of the Music Critics Circle of New York. His other books include the Pocket Treasury of Great Operas and The Victor Book of the Opera(revised edition).

Table of Contents

Preface
The Abduction From the Seraglio, Mozart	p. 11
L'Africaine, Meyerbeer	p. 15
Aida, Verdi	p. 24
Alceste, Gluck	p. 31
Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti	p. 35
L'amore Dei Tre Re, Montemezzi	p. 37
Andrea Chenier, Giordano	p. 41
Arabella, Strauss	p. 47
Ariadne Auf Naxos, Strauss	p. 51
Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi	p. 308
The Barber of Seville, Rossini	p. 55
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, Rossini	p. 55
The Bartered Bride, Smetana	p. 61
Bastien Und Bastienne, Mozart	p. 66
The Bat, Strauss	p. 182
La Boheme, Puccini	p. 68
Boris Godounoff, Moussorgsky	p. 75
Capriccio, Strauss	p. 83
Carmen, Bizet	p. 85
Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni	p. 91
La Cenerentola, Rossini	p. 95
Cinderella, Rossini	p. 95
The Clandestine Marriage, Cimarosa	p. 315
The Cloak, Puccini	p. 480
The Consul, Menotti	p. 100
Les Contes D'hoffmann, Offenbach	p. 482
Le Coq D'or, Rimsky-Korsakoff	p. 105
Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart	p. 110
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell	p. 116
Don Carlos, Verdi	p. 119
Don Giovanni, Mozart	p. 124
Don Juan, Mozart	p. 124
Don Pasquale, Donizetti	p. 131
Elektra, Strauss	p. 138
L'Elisir D'Amore, Donizetti	p. 140
Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail, Mozart	p. 11
Ernani, Verdi	p. 144
Eugen Onegin, Tchaikovsky	p. 149
The Fable of Orpheus, Monteverdi	p. 169
Falstaff, Verdi	p. 156
La Fanciulla Del West, Puccini	p. 215
Faust, Gounod	p. 162
La Favola D'orfeo, Monteverdi	p. 169
Fidelio, Beethoven	p. 175
Die Fledermaus, Strauss	p. 182
Der Fliegende Hollander, Wagner	p. 187
The Flying Dutchman, Wagner	p. 187
The Force of Destiny, Verdi	p. 191
La Forza Del Destino, Verdi	p. 191
Four Saints in Three Acts, Thomson	p. 197
Der Freischutz, Weber	p. 200
Gianni Schicchi, Puccini	p. 206
La Gioconda, Ponchielli	p. 209
The Girl of the Golden West, Puccini	p. 215
Giulio Cesare, Handel	p. 236
The Golden Cockerel, Rimsky-Korsakoff	p. 105
Die Gotterdammerung, Wagner	p. 433
Guillaume Tell, Rossini	p. 539
Hansel Und Gretel, Humperdinck	p. 220
L'Heure Espagnole, Ravel	p. 224
Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer	p. 226
Julius Caesar, Handel	p. 236
The Knight of the Rose, Strauss	p. 447
Knyaz Igor, Borodin	p. 389
Lakme, Delibes	p. 242
Lohengrin, Wagner	p. 246
Louise, Charpentier	p. 252
The Love of Three Kings, Montemezzi	p. 37
The Love for Three Oranges, Prokofieff	p. 257
Lucia Di Lammermoor, Donizetti	p. 265
Lyubov K Trem Apelsinam, Prokofieff	p. 257
Madama Butterfly, Puccini	p. 270
The Magic Flute, Mozart	p. 275
Manon, Massenet	p. 283
Manon Lescaut, Puccini	p. 290
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart	p. 295
Martha, Flotow	p. 302
A Masked Ball, Verdi	p. 308
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Wagner	p. 329
Il Matrimonio Segreto, Cimarosa	p. 315
The Medium, Menotti	p. 321
Mefistofele, Boito	p. 325
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg, Wagner	p. 329
Mignon, Thomas	p. 336
Norma, Bellini	p. 341
Le Nozze Di Figaro, Mozart	p. 295
Oberon, Weber	p. 346
Orpheus and Eurydice, Gluck	p. 353
Otello, Verdi	p. 357
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo	p. 362
Parsifal, Wagner	p. 366
Pelleas Et Melisande, Debussy	p. 371
Peter Grimes, Britten	p. 377
Porgy and Bess, Gershwin	p. 384
Prince Igor, Borodin	p. 389
Prodana Nevesta, Smetana	p. 61
I Puritani, Bellini	p. 395
The Rake's Progress, Stravinsky	p. 399
Das Rheingold, Wagner	p. 412
Rigoletto, Verdi	p. 405
The Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner	p. 410
Das Rheingold	p. 412
Die Walkure	p. 418
Siegfried	p. 425
Die Gotterdammerung	p. 433
Romeo Et Juliette, Gounod	p. 441
Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss	p. 447
Rustic Chivalry, Mascagni	p. 91
Salome, Strauss	p. 453
Samson Et Dalila, Saint-Saens	p. 459
The Secret of Suzanne, Wolf-Ferrari	p. 464
Il Segreto Di Susanna, Wolf-Ferrari	p. 464
La Serva Padrona, Pergolesi	p. 467
Siegfried, Wagner	p. 425
Simon Boccanegra, Verdi	p. 471
Sister Angelica, Puccini	p. 477
The Spanish Hour, Ravel	p. 224
Suor Angelica, Puccini	p. 477
IL Tabarro, Puccini	p. 480
The Tales of Hoffmann, Offenbach	p. 482
Tannhauser, Wagner	p. 490
The Telephone, Menotti	p. 495
Thais, Massenet	p. 497
Tosca, Puccini	p. 503
La Traviata, Verdi	p. 508
Tristan Und Isolde, Wagner	p. 514
The Trojans, Berlioz	p. 525
Il Trovatore, Verdi	p. 520
Les Troyens, Berlioz	p. 525
Turandot, Puccini	p. 534
The Twilight of the Gods, Wagner	p. 433
Die Verkaufte Braut, Smetana	p. 61
The Valkyrie, Wagner	p. 418
Die Walkure, Wagner	p. 418
William Tell, Rossini	p. 539
Wozzeck, Berg	p. 544
Yevgeny Onyegin, Tchaikovsky	p. 149
Die Zauberflote, Mozart	p. 275
Zolotoy Pyetushok, Rimsky-Korsakoff	p. 105
Chronology	p. 549
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