CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Preface | [vii] | |
| [I]. | From 1600 To 1800 A.D. | [11] |
| [II]. | Pasta To Mario | [41] |
| [III]. | Mario To Tietiens | [77] |
| [IV]. | Prima Donnas of the Fifties | [110] |
| [V]. | Prima Donnas of the Sixties | [143] |
| [VI]. | Prima Donnas of the Seventies | [186] |
| [VII]. | Prima Donnas of the Eighties | [220] |
| [VIII]. | Tenors and Baritones | [260] |
| [IX]. | Contraltos and Bassos | [296] |
| Chronological Table of Famous Singers | [325] | |
| Index | [333] |