CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I] | THE WAY IT ALL HAPPENED | [13] |
| [II] | A STRUGGLE AND A SOLUTION | [21] |
| [III] | PARIS AT LAST | [30] |
| [IV] | PENSION PERSONALITIES | [39] |
| [V] | OPERATIC FRANCE VERSUS OPERATIC GERMANY | [50] |
| [VI] | PREPARING RÔLES IN BERLIN | [59] |
| [VII] | MY FIRST OPERATIC CONTRACT SIGNED | [67] |
| [VIII] | MY ONE LONE IMPROPOSITION | [76] |
| [IX] | THE MAKINGS OF A SMALL MUNICIPAL OPERA HOUSE | [85] |
| [X] | MY DÉBUT AND BREAKING INTO HARNESS | [100] |
| [XI] | SOME STAGE DELIGHTS | [110] |
| [XII] | MISPLACED MOISTURE AND THE STORY OF A COURT-LADY | [123] |
| [XIII] | HUMAN PASSIONS AND SMALLPOX | [139] |
| [XIV] | DISCOURAGEMENTS THAT LED TO A COURT THEATRE | [153] |
| [XV] | SALARIES AND A TENOR'S GENIUS | [164] |
| [XVI] | THE ART OF MARIE MUELLE | [172] |
| [XVII] | THE NON-MILITARY SIDE OF A GERMAN OFFICER'S LIFE | [184] |
| [XVIII] | GEESE AND GUESTS | [199] |
| [XIX] | RUSSIANS, COMMON AND PREFERRED | [206] |
| [XX] | THE GRANDMOTHERS' BALLET | [220] |
| [XXI] | STAGE FASHIONS AND THE GLORY OF COLOUR | [230] |
| [XXII] | ROYAL HUMOUR | [242] |
| [XXIII] | COVENT GARDEN AND—AMERICA | [257] |
| [REPERTOIRE] | [270] |