Memoirs of an American Prima Donna

by Clara Louise Kellogg

It seems to me as I look back over the preceding pages that I have put into them all the irrelevant matter of my life and left out much that was important. Many of my dearest rôles I have forgotten to mention, and many of my most illustrious acquaintances I have omitted to honour. But when one has lived a great many years, the past becomes a good deal like an attic: one goes there to hunt for some particular thing, but the chances are that one finds anything and everything except what one went to find. So, out of my attic, I have unearthed ever so many unimportant heirlooms of the past, leaving others, perhaps more valuable and more interesting, to be eaten by moths and corrupted by rust for all time.

There is very little more for me to say. I do not want to write of my last appearances in public. Even though I did leave the operatic stage at the height of my success, there is yet something melancholy in the end of anything. As Richard Hovey says:

There is a sadness in all things that pass;

We love the moonlight better for the sun,

And the day better when the night is near.

The last look on a place where we have dwelt

Reveals more beauty than we dreamed before,

When it was daily ...

In our big, young country of America there are the possibilities of many another singer greater than I have been. I shall be proud and grateful if the story of my high ambitions, hard work, and kindly treatment should chance to encourage one of these. For, while it is true that there is nothing that should be chosen less lightly than an artistic career, it is also true that, having chosen it, there is nothing too great to be given up for it. I have no other message to give; no further lesson to teach. I have lived and sung, and, in these memories, have tried to tell something of the living and the singing: but when I seek for a salient and moving word as a last one, I find that I am dumb. Yet I feel as I used to feel when I sang before a large audience. Somewhere out in the audience of the world there must be those who are in instinctive sympathy with me. My thoughts go wandering toward them as, long ago, my thoughts would wander toward the unknown friends sitting before me in the theatre and listening. So poignant is this sense within me that, halting as my message may have been, I feel quite sure that somehow, here and there, some one will hear it, responsive in the heart.

INDEX

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [V], [W], [Y], [Z]

Abbott, Emma, in Camille, [70];
meeting with, [272-275]; [320]
Academy of Music, the, début of Kellogg at, [33];
stage conditions at, [37];
director of, [40];
winter season at, [91];
benefit at, [92];
return to, [201]; [258], [259], [263]
Adam, Mme., [304]
Adamowski, Timothie, [358]
Adams, Charles, [298]
Adams, Maud, in Joan of Arc, [66]
Aïda, [292], [301], [302], [307]
Albani, Mme., [235]
Albertini, [294]
Albites, suggestion of, [102]
Alboni, Mme., Rovere and, [94];
anecdote of, [175]
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, [47], [48]
Alexander, John, [281]
Amina, the rôle of, [64];
the opera of, [65];
Murska as, [296]
Amodio, [13];
personal appearance of, [14];
in Don Giovanni, [74]
Amonasro, [307]
Andrede, Joseph, [300]
Annetta, [91];
contrast between Marguerite and, [93];
Malibran as, [94];
Grisi as, [94];
Kellogg as, [93], [94], [96]
Anschutz, Faust and, [78]
Appleton, Tom, [46], [47]
Arditi, [135], [138], [162-164], [168], [171], [173]
Armitage, Sir George, [195-198]
Association, Peace Jubilee, [235]
Azucena, [249]
Babcock, William, [7]
Bachert, Pond and, [358]
Balfe, [261], [262]
Ballo in Maschera, [55], [62], [329], 338
Banjo, first mention of, [8];
music of, [9];
old man and the, [217], [218];
accompaniment of, [358]
Barbiere, Il, realistic performance of, [38]; [56], [91], [97], [167], [277]
Barbizon School, [306]
Barlow, Judge Peter, [102]
Barlow, Mrs. Samuel, [276-279]
Bateman concerts, [101]
Beecher, Henry Ward, [214]
Beethoven, [78];
Jubilee, [209];
Okakura and music of, [219];
reference to, [366]
Behrens, Siegfried, [263], [264], [267]
Bellini, [54];
traditions of, [67];
music of, [80]
Benedict, Sir Jules, [6], [197], [261], [262]
Bennett, James Gordon, [251], [303]
Bennett, Mr., [164], [174], [238]
Bentinck, Mrs. Cavendish, [190]
Bernhardt, [208]
Beware, Longfellow and, [46];
singing of, [175], [178], [197]
Bey, Khalil, [156], [157]
Biachi as Mephistopheles, [86]
Bianchi, Mlle., [329]
Bierstadt, Albert, [160]
Bizet, [305]
Black, Valentine, [305]
Bohème, La, [91]
Bohemian Girl, The, [257], [259]
Booth, Edwin, letter from, [16];
on stage traditions, [366]
Booth, Wilkes, [111]
Borde, Mme. de la, in Les Huguenots, [13];
voice of, [13]
Borgia, Lucretia, Grisi as, [159]
Bososio, Mlle., as Prascovia, [102]
Boucicault, Dion, [15], 262
Brignoli, [13], [14];
tour with, [22];
temper of, [22], [23];
origin of, [24];
mascot of, [24], [165];
point of view of, [24];
anecdote of, [25];
death of, [25];
in I Puritani, [29];
in opera with, [36];
difficulties with, [41];
in Boston with, [44];
farewell performance for, [64];
Americanisation of, [71];
in Poliuto, [72];
Gottschalk and, [107];
mention of, [294], [358]
Brougham, John, [15]
Bulow, Von, [298]
Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, [281]
Burroughs, John, reference to, [288]
Butterfly, Madame, [255]
Cabanel, [306]
Cable, George, [281]
Callender, May, [276], [277]
Calvé, [81];
as Carmen, [291]
Camille, Matilda Heron in, [15];
public attitude toward, [69];
mention of, [70];
libretto of, [135]
Campanini, Italo, [236], [237], [261], [295]
Capoul, [184], [236], [237], [295]
Carlton, William, [258-261], [265], [268], [275];
Marie Roze and, [290]
Carmen, [73], [91];
Minnie Hauck as, [102];
Kellogg in, [231], [236];
in English, [254];
Marie Roze as, [290];
the rôle of, [291];
Calvé as, [291];
music of, [305]
Carvalho, Mme. Miolan-, [77];
wig of, [82], [140];
as Marguerite, [84]
Cary, Annie Louise, [193];
Kellogg and, [289], [292-294], [298], [304]
Castille, The Rose of, [257]
Castle, [257], [269], [270]
Catherine, in Star of the North, [102];
jewels for, [104];
incident when singing, [267]
Châtelet, Théâtre, [140]
Christina, ex-Queen, [143], [144]
Clarke, James Freeman, [50]
Clarkson, Bishop, [300]
Clover, Lieutenant, [357]
Club, Stanley, [305]
Colson, Pauline, tour with, [22];
advice of, [26];
example in costuming of, [27];
illness of, [27]
Combermere, Viscountess, [125];
anecdote of, [128]
Comédie Française, 15
Concerts, private, [168];
Buckingham Palace, [179-186], [302];
Benedict's, [197];
tours, [200-203], [208], [227-230];
trials of, [232-234];
in Russia, [346]
Conklin, Ellen, effect of slavery on, [58], [59]
Conly, George, [256], [258], [275]
Connaught, Duke of, [183], [184]
Contessa, incident in Titjien's rôle of, [169], [170], [239]
Cook, W. H., [124]
Coquelin, [304]
Costa, Sir Michael, [169], [170], [194], [238], [267]
Cotogni, [235], [337]
Coulsen, [294]
Crinkle, Nym, see Wheeler
Crispino e la Comare, [91], [94];
Cobbler in, [94];
mention of, [97], [249]
Curiose, Le Donne, [91]
Cushman, Charlotte, attendance at theatre by, [33];
evening in Boston with, [50], [52];
in Rome with, [160];
as Queen Katherine, [270], [271]
Cusins, [176], [178]
Custer, [57], [58]
Czar, the, Ronconi and, [95];
daughter of, [182], [183];
signature of, [335];
physician of, [337];
Nihilists and, [338], [343];
mourning of, [342];
sight of, [350], [351];
assassination of, [354], [355]
Dahlgren, Admiral, [183], [357]
Dame Blanche, La, [96]
D'Angri, [13]
Daniel Deronda, quotation from, [315-316]
Davidson, [167], [190], [195]
Davis, Jefferson, at West Point, [19];
son of, [19];
wife of, [20]
Davis, Will, [256]
Debussy, [79]
Deland, Conly as, [258]
de Reszke, Jean, in L'Africaine, [40];
Sbriglia and, [313], [314]
de Reszke, Josephine, [306]
Diavolo, Fra, [16], [91];
benefit performance of, [92], [93];
fondness for, [97];
scenes from, [159];
Lucca in, [174], [249];
Conly in, [256];
mention of, [261];
Habelmann as, 269
Dickens, house of, [241]
Donizetti, [56];
opera of Betly by, [68];
Poliuto by, [71];
music of, [80]
Donna Anna, rôle of, [74], [137];
Titjiens as, [169], [170], [173];
Kellogg as, [249]
Doria, Clara, [246]
Douglass, William, [126], [203]
Duc de Morney, [360]
Dudley, Lord, [189]
Dufferin, Lord and Lady, [353]
Dukas, [79]
Duse, [208]
Dutchman, The Flying, [257], [258], [263-265]
Eames, Mme., [83]
Edinburgh, Duchess of, [182], [183]
Edward, Miss, [121], [137]
Ehn, Mme., [329]
Elssler, Fanny, [330]
Elvira, Donna, [137], [170], [173]
Emerson, [45], [221]
Emory, Lieutenant, [357]
Ernani, Patti in, [148], [155]
Errani, [11]
Eugénie, Empress, [149], [150]
Evans, Dr., [150]
Fabri, Count, [244]
Falstaff, [91]
Farragut, Admiral, [157], [158]
Farrar, Geraldine, as Marguerite, [81], [83], [89]
Faure, [145], [147], [178], [179], [184], [235], [323]
Faust, first suggestion of Kellogg in, [40];
anecdote about, [46];
public attitude toward, [68];
decision of Maretzek about, [75];
on the Continent, [77];
criticism of [78];
estimate of [79];
early effect on public of, [81], [89];
Alice Neilson in [82];
Poliuto and, [88];
liberties with score of, [88], [89];
Santley in, [132];
French treatment of, [140];
in America, [240];
mention of, [244], [307];
Lucca in, [249], [250];
Carlton in, [260];
Drury Lane and, [132], [135], [137], [162], [174], [189], [261];
Mike and, [266];
Emma Abbott in, [274];
testimonial, [298];
libretto of, [333];
mention of, 359
Fechter, Mr., [168]
Federici as Marguerite, [80]
Felina, [251-253], [331], [358]
Ferri, tour with, [22];
as Rigoletto, [33];
blindness of, [33], [41]
Fidelio, Titjiens as, [169]
Field, Eugene, [271]
Field, Mrs. Marshall, [279]
Fields, James T., home of, [45];
anecdote of, [46];
friends of, [47], [48];
opinion of "copy" of Mrs. Stowe, [49];
hospitality of, [50];
letter to, [89]
Fioretti, [195]
Fischoff, [326], [332]
Flotow, opera of Martha by, [73]
Flute, playing of, [2];
Lanier and, [51];
Wagner's use of, [52]
Flute, The Magic, [74], [146], [366];
song from The Star in, [173]
Foley, Walter, [131], [167], [236]
Foster, Mr., [338], [339]
Franceschetti, [322]
Frapoli, [299]
Freischütz, Der, [254]
French, art of the, [140]
Fursch-Nadi, [310]
Gaiety, [93], [94];
Italian, [160]
Gannon, Mary, [15]
Garden, Covent, [129], [135], [167], [171], [172], [178], [194-196], [235]
Garden, Mary, artistic spirit of, [40];
English opera and, [255]
Gazza Ladra, La, [166-168], [173]
Gazzaniga, Mme., [294]
Gerster, [303], [329]
Giatano, Nita, [242], [243]
Gilda, study of the rôle of, [29];
appearance in, [34], [35], [63];
comparison with Marguerite of, [79];
Kellogg as, [81]
Gilder, Jeannette, [193], [280], [282];
Ellen Terry and, [283]
Gilder, Richard Watson, [192], [219], [221];
Mrs., [279], [281];
studio of, [280-282]
Gilder, Rodman, [281]
Gilder, William H., [280]
Gilmore, Patrick, [309]
Giovanni, Don, [62];
under Grau in, [74];
at Her Majesty's, [137], [167], [170], [173], [174], [197], [198];
mention of, [249], [296], [342]
Godard, 305
Goddard, Mr., [190]
Goethe, [254]
Goodwin, [168], [197]
Götterdämmerung, Die, [91]
Gottschalk, [106], [107], [295]
Gounod, new opera by, [75];
as revolutionist, [78], [79];
mention of, [132];
reference to, [133];
in London, [140], [240-244];
Gounod, Madame, [243]
Grange, Mme. de la, in Les Huguenots, [13];
in Sonnambula, [38];
in The Star of the North, [102]
Grant, General, in Chicago, [114], [115];
President and Mrs., [266]
Grau, Maurice, [67];
Traviata and, [69];

in Boston with, [74], [258], [259];
mention of, [300];
Opera House, [307]
Greeley, Horace, funeral of, [209]
Greenough, Lillie, [277]
Gridley, Lieutenant-Commander, [357]
Grisi, opportunity to hear, [14];
opera costumier and, [85];
as Annetta, [94];
family of, [158];
story of, [159]
Grove, Sir George, [262]
Gye, Mr., [129], [135], [171], [172]
Habelmann, Theodor, in Fra Diavolo, [96], [269], [270]
Hall, Dr. John, [300]
Hamilton, Sir Frederick, [342]
Hamilton, Gail, [50]
Hamlet, in French, [141];
Nilsson in, [145];
Faure as, [147];
McCullough as, [282];
mad scene in, [292], [329]
Handel, Festival, [172];
Messiah of, [209];
and Haydn Society, [298]
Hanslick, Dr., [195];
complimented by, [329-331]
Harrington, Earl of, [126];
ice-box of, [127];
daughter of, [127];
at the opera, [198]
Harte, Bret, niece of, [319]
Hauck, Minnie, as Prascovia, [102], [103];
characterisation of, [103];
mention of, [303]
Haute, M. De la, [159]
Hawaii, King of, [266]
Hawthorne, Julian, 49
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [48]
Hélène, La Belle, [254]
Heron, Matilda, [15]
Hess, C. D., [256-259];
benefit of Kellogg, [275]
Heurtly, Mrs., [190]
Hinckley, Isabella, [41];
in Il Barbiere, [56];
in Betly, [68]
Hissing, custom of, in Spain, [145]
Hoey, Mrs. John, [15]
Hoffman, Baron, [329], [330]
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, [46];
breakfasts with, [52];
opinion of English women of, [53]
Hosmer, Harriet, [160]
Howe, Julia Ward, [46], [49], [61]
Huger, General Isaac, son of, [18], [57]
Huguenots, Les, [91], [174], [295], [366]
Iago, [307]
Irving, Henry, great strength of, [40];
repose of, [234], [248];
first meeting with, [282];
complaint of, [284];
reforms of, [284], [285]
Jackson, Helen Hunt, [281]
Jaffray, E. S., [322]
Jarrett, [120], [162], [163];
daughter of, [163], [164], [168], [173], [198];
Colonel Stebbins and, [173];
Gounod and, [241];
mention of, [249], [250], [251], [252], [253], [294], [300], [331]
Jerome, Leonard, [188]
Johnston, Sir Alan, [353]
Jordan, Jules, [206], [207]
Juliet, saying of Modjeska about, [70];
Patti as, [194], [198];
Romeo and, [240];
Gounod and, [244]
Karl, Tom, [298]
Katherine, Queen, [270], [271]
Keene, Laura, [15]
Kellogg, Clara Louise, first appearance of, [6];
description as a child of, [7];
dress of, [8], [25], [26], [39], [40], [70], [84], [85], [135], [136], [137], [210], [265], [347];
Muzio and, [11], [12], [13];
early singers heard by, [13];
histrionic skill of, [15], [16];
resemblance to Rachel of, [16];
début as Gilda of, [33];
as Marguerite, [40], [75-92];
hospitalities toward, [44], [45], [93], [100], [101], [278], [279], [362], [363];
wig of, [82-84];
in Opéra Comique, [91-98];
jewelry of, [93], [104], [105], [298];
as Flower Prima Donna, [103], [202];
Lucca and, [245-252];
in English Opera, [254-270];
favourite flower of; [266];
in "Three Graces" Tour, [289-304]
Kellogg, George, flute of, [2];
failure of, [9];
Irish servants and, [61];
in New Hartford with, [67];
story of, [231]
Keppel, Colonel, [133]
Korbay, Francis, [219]
Krauss, [307]
Küster, Baron, [338]
La Farge, John, [219], [221], [280]
L'Africaine, de Reszke in, [40];
Lucca in, [249];
Masini in, [341]
Lang, [190], [198]
Lanier, Sidney, [50];
anecdote of, [51]
Lascelle, [306]
Lawrence, Alberto, [258]
Lecouvreur, Adrienne, [282]
Leonora, Marie Willt as, [152];
Lucca as, [179];
Morgan and, [269]
Le Page, Bastien, [281]
Leporello, Rockitanski as, [170]
Le Roi de Lahore, [306]
Librettos, inartistic, [255];
Emma Abbott and, [274];
texts of, [332]
Liebling, [358]
Lily o'Killarney, [261], [262]
Lincoln, Abraham, call for volunteers by, [54];
anecdote of, [110];
death of, [111];
lying-in-state of, [112-114], [118]
Lind, Jenny, [5], [6], [294]
Linda di Chamounix, first public appearance of Kellogg in, [25];
Boston's attitude toward, [36];
origin of, [36];
story of, [36], [37];
costuming of, [38], [39];
Susini, in, [42];
Mme. Medori as, [42];
Kellogg in Boston as, [43], [50], [54], [62];
teaching of, [63];
comparison with Marguerite of, [79];
Clara Louise Polka and, [88];
Patti in, [129];
mention of, [132], [249];
at Her Majesty's, [135], [167], [236], [238]
Liszt, saying of, 234
Littlejohn, Bishop, [300]
Lohengrin, [292]
Longfellow, [46], [47];
poems of, [46], [47];
anecdote of, [47];
letter by, [89];
reference to, [221]
Lorenzo, Conly as, [256]
Loveday, Mme., [261]
Lowell, [46], [47]
Lucca, Pauline, Piccolomini's resemblance to, [14];
travelling of, [28];
as Marguerite, [82];
in Fra Diavolo, [174];
at rehearsal, [178], [179];
at Buckingham Palace, [184], [185];
at Covent Garden, [196], [235];
in America, [240];
Kellogg and, [245-250];
as Mignon, [251];
mention of, [294], [329]
Lucia, Patti in, [15], [62];
comparison with Linda of, [73];
standing of, [73];
Kellogg in Chicago as, [113], [237];
rôle of, [292];
Kellogg as, [329]
Maas, Joseph, [256-258], [261]
Macci, Victor, opera by, [68]
Macmillan, Lady, [284]
Maddox, [194], [195], [246], [247]
Maeterlinck, Mme., saying of, [103]
Malibran, [94]
Manchester, Consuelo, Duchess of, [184]
Mancini, [359]
Mansfield, Richard, mother of, [165]
Manzocchi, [11]
Mapleson, Col. J. M., [120], [139], [162], [166], [168], [170], [171], [173], [174], [198], [200], [235], [236], [241], [301], [302]
Mapleson, Henry, [289], [290], [292-294], [303]
Maretzek, Max, at the Academy, [40];
during the war, [55];
decision with regard to Faust of, [75], [77], [78];
Colonel Stebbins and, [85];
Mazzoleni and, [86];
Faust and, [87], [88];
benefit custom and, [91], [92], [119];
in Philadelphia with, [201];
saying of, [215];
management of, [240]
Marguerite, interpretation of, [42];
estimate of, [80-84], [333];
Nilsson as, [82], [129];
costume
of, [84], [85];
Patti as, in France, [140], [141];
reference to, [243], [263];
Lucca as, [249], [250];
Kellogg as, [359]
Maria de Rohan, Rovere in, [95]
Mario, Grisi and, [14];
mention of, [147], [167], [185], [195], [196]
Martha, [62], [73], [74];
comparison with Marguerite of, [79];
Faust and, [88];
as Opéra Comique, [91];
at Her Majesty's, [135];
Nilsson as, [145];
Kellogg as, [249], [261], [329]
Martin, Mrs., [202-207]
Masaniello, [96]
Masini, [338], [340], [341]
Materna, Mme., [329], [331]
Matthews, Brander, wife of, [69];
reception by father of, [100], [101]
Maurel, [141], [295], [306], [307]
Mazzoleni as Faust, [86], [87]
McCook, Alec, [18], [57]
McCreary, Lieutenant, [18], [57]
McCullough, John, [282], [300]
McHenry, [143], [145], [148], [158], [167], [190], [197], [198]
McKenzie, Sir Edward, [190], [300], [301]
McVickar, Commodore, [121], [126]
Medori, Mme., as Linda, [42];
in Don Giovanni, [74]
Meister, Wilhelm, [251], [252]
Meistersinger, Die, [91]
Melodies, negro, [1], [9], [117], [146], [305], [357]
Menier, Chocolat, [243], [309]
Meyerbeer, [90];
craze for, [101];
a song of, [102];
son-in-law of, [328]
Mignon, effect on audience of, [59];
Polonaise from, [183], [229], [305], [358];
Lucca and Kellogg in, [251];
in English, [257], [260];
Cary as, [293];
cast of, [298];
Kellogg as, [329], [330], [331];
reference to, [370]
Mike, [266]
Millet, [11];
son of, [282]
Mind, sub-conscious, [13];
workings of the, [35], [169], [216]
Minstrels, negro, [8]
Mireille, [240], [243]
Mistral, [240]
Modjeska, Helena, in Adrienne
Lecouvreur, [59];
in Camille [69];
saying of, [70];
Okakura and, [281];
Kellogg and, [282], [283];
custom of, [352]
Moncrieff, Mrs., [243]
Morelli, [294]
Morgan, Wilfred, [258], [259], [269]
Mother, first mention of, [2], [3], [4];
attitude toward theatre of, [30], [31];
presence at performance of Gilda of, [35];
in Boston with, [44], [52];
in New Hartford with, [67];
Faust and, [81];
character of, [108];
anecdote of, [128];
in England, [137];
in Paris, [139], [143];
diary of, [154-157], [163], [164], [166-168], [173], [174], [178], [197], [198], [308], [326];
mention of, [186], [188], [190], [194], [195], [200], [252], [259], [286], [304], [307], [334];
Eugene Field and, [271];
in Russia, [349], [352-356];
health of, [365]
Moulton, melody of Beware by, [175]
Moulton, Mrs., [277]
Mowbray, J. P., see Wheeler
Mozart, operas of, [74];
English and, [136];
arias of, [146];
with Titjiens in operas of, [169];
all-star casts of, [170];
music of, [366]
Munkacsy, [219]
Murska, Mlle., Ilma de, [296]
Muzio, [11];
appearance of, [12];
opinion of, [17];
concert tour of Kellogg with, [22];
Italian traditions and, [66];
concert tour under, [72];
polka by, [88]
Napoleon III, [148], [149]
Negroes, treatment of, [58];
in New York during the war, [60];
discussions regarding the, [60];
anti-negro riots, [323]
Neilson, Adelaide, [247]
Neilson, Alice, in Faust, [82]
Nevin, [322]
Newcastle, Duchess of, [184], [188], [197]
Newcastle, Duke of, [100], [125];
in box of, [146], [167], [168], [173], [174], [188], [189], [191], [192];
pin of the, [193], [194], [197], [198], [235]
Newson, [6], [7]
Nicolini, [130], [148],

[184], 185
Night, Queen of the, Nilsson as, [146]
Nilsson, Christine, as Marguerite, [82];
in London, [129], [131], [132], [137], [169], [173], [235];
as Martha, [145];
voice of, [146], [147];
superstition of, [165], [166];
in opera with, [169];
Sir Michael Costa and, [170];
at Buckingham Palace, [184];
friend of, [190];
reference to, [196], [239], [252], [261], [294], [295], [326], [329]
Noces de Jeannette, Les, [29], [62];
libretto of, [68]
Nordica, Lillian, [309], [310];
Nevin's song and, [322];
in Russia with, [337], [341], [347], [348]
Norma, Grisi as, [158];
reference to, [252]
Nozze di Figaro, Le, [170], [171], [174], [197], [198], [249], [261]
Oh, had I Jubal's Lyre! [172]
Okakura, [219-222], [281]
Oldenburg, Prince, [346]
Olin, Mrs. Stephen Henry, [276], [277]
Opera, The Beggar's, [258]
Opéra bouffe, [90]
Opéra comique, [90], [91], [97];
of Paris, [236]
Opera, traditions of, [12], [77], [79], [263], [277];
necessities of, [34];
effect of war on, [55], [56];
houses in America for, [68];
early customs of, [84];
innovations of, [87];
benefit custom of, [91];
Her Majesty's, [120], [129], [136], [171], [178], [235];
French, [140], [141];
English, [254-258], [260-303];
translations of, [255], [256], [260], [261];
Strakosch and, [303];
Imperial, [326];
in Petersburg, [334-342];
preparation for, [367];
province of Italian, [370]
Ophelia, Modjeska as, [282];
Kellogg as, [293]
Othello, Salvini as, [283];
in Munich [307]
Oudin, Eugene, [277]
Oxenford, [262]
Palace, Buckingham, [176-179];
concerts at, [179-186], [302]
Palace, Crystal, [172], [174], 209
Palmer, Anna, [11]
Paloma, La, [249]
Parker, Minnie, [276], [277]
Parodi, [294]
Pasquale, Don, [96]
Patey, Mme., [174]
Patti, Adelina, [5];
early appearance of, [15];
as Marguerite, [82];
voice of, [129], [130], [132], [323];
in London [77], [129], [132], [135], [184], [185], [195-198], [235];
sister of, [129];
in Paris with, [308];
comparison with, [330];
questioning of, [365]
Patti, Carlotta, [295]
Paul and Virginia, [295]
Peakes, [257]
Pease, Miss Alta, [358]
Pergolese, opera of La Serva Padrona by, [14]
Peto, Sir Morton, banquet of, [99]
Petrelli, [272]
Petrovitch, [338]
Phillips, Adelaide, as Maddalena, [41];
as Pierotto, [41], [248]
Photography, new effects in, [208]
Piccolomini, [14], [74]
Pinchot, Gifford, sister of, [353]
Pine, Louisa, [13]
Pitch, absolute, [4], [165], [267];
standard of, [231]
Plançon, [312]
Plantagenet, Lady Edith, [297]
Poliuto, [62];
plot of, [71];
Faust and, [88]
Polka, Clara Louise, [88]
Pond, Major, [360], [361]
Pope Pius IX., [160]
Porter, Ella, [11];
in Paris, [84]
Porter, General Horace, [19], [20], [57]
Prascovia, Minnie Hauck as, [102], [103]
Press, criticisms of the, [27], [35], [39], [42], [68], [70], [75], [78], [88], [89], [94], [97], [133], [135], [164], [200], [211], [215], [239], [240], [250], [252], [256], [258], [271], [279], [291], [358];
standing of the, [328];
in Vienna, [331];
censorship in Russia of the, [336];
interview, [366]
Public, English, [136], [194], [237];
American, [229], [230], [238];
rival factions of the, [250];
characteristics of the, [264], [296];
Petersburg, [339];
Boston, [358];
charm of the, [365], 372
Puritani, I, Brignoli in, [29];
Kellogg in, [54], [62], [63]
Quinn, Dr., [168], [191], [235]
Rachel, [16]
Racine, [306]
Rampolla, Cardinal, [161]
Ramsay, Captain, [357]
Ramsay, Col., [300]
Randegger, [195]
Rathbone, General, [300]
Reed, Miss Fanny, in Boston, [45];
in New York, [277], [278]
Reeves, Sims, [174], [175]
Reggimento, La Figlia del, [56], [58], [62];
at close of Civil War, [114];
Lucca in, [249]
Renaud in opera, [40], [265]
Rice brothers, [94]
Rigoletto, [29], [34], [36];
opinion of Boston of, [36];
origin of, [36], [62];
meaning of, [81], [167];
Masini as, [341]
Ristori, [16]
Rivarde, [11]
Robert le Diable, [86], [201], [332]
Robertson, Agnes, [15]
Robertson, Madge (Mrs. Kendall), [284]
Robin, Theodore, [304-306]
Rockitanski, [170]
Ronalds, Mrs. Peter, [276], [277], [279]
Ronconi, [94];
The Czar and, [95];
in Fra Diavolo, [95];
anecdote of, [96]
Rosa, Carl, [101]
Rosa, Euphrosyne Parepa, [101], [209], [262]
Rosina, [91], [93], [96], [97], [137]
Rossini, [13], [97];
reference to, [133];
English and, [136];
traditions of, [277];
Nordica and, [310]
Rossmore, Lady, [192], [198]
Rota, [261]
Rothschild, Baron Alfred de, [194], [198], [235]
Rovere, [94]
Roze, Marie, [236], [261], [289], [290], [292], [293], [298]
Rubenstein, [246], [248]
Rudersdorf, Mme. Erminie, [165]
Ryan, Mr., [305]
Ryloff, 269
Salome, suppression of, [69], [254]
Salvini, [283]
Sampson, Mr., [190], [198]
Sandford, Wright, [126], [203]
Santley, Ronconi and, [95];
as Valentine, [132];
kindness of, [134];
as Almaviva, [137], [167], [168], [170], [173], [174], [184], [198]
Sanz, [248], [249]
Sargent, [281]
Sbriglia, [310-313];
Jean de Reszke and, [313], [314], [367-369]
Scalchi, Sofia, [172], [185];
in Petersburg, [337]
Scarborough, Bishop, [300]
Scola, lessons in acting from, [29], [38]
Scott, Sir Walter, [261]
Sebasti, [161]
Seguin, Stella, [257], [258]
Seguin, Ted, [258]
Sembrich, Marcella, [337]
Semiramide, [171], [277], [342]
Senta, [263-265], [292]
Serenade, The Persian, [223]
Shakespeare in music, [141]
Sherman, General, in Chicago, [114]
Siebel, Miss Sulzer as, [87]
Singing, methods of, [5];
Grisi and, [158], [159];
prime donne and, [231];
early, [307];
Nordica and, [310];
Sbriglia and, [311-321], [367-369];
traditions of, [366]
Sinico, Mme., [137]
Sinnett, A. P., [189]
Slezak, [312]
Smith, Mark, [246]
Society, Arion, [206]
Somerset, Duchess of, [121-124];
letters by, [125];
beadwork of, [126], [137], [144], [197], [168], [188], [197]
Sonnambula, La, [54], [62-64];
teaching of, [65], [66];
aria from [67];
Murska in, [296]
Sonnenthal, [330]
Southern, the elder, [15]
Spofford, Harriet Prescott, [50]
Stabat Mater, [310]
Stackpoole, Major, [192], [197], [198]
Stage, attitude toward, [11];
Italian attitude toward, [12];
English precedent of, [12];
superstitions of, [24], [36], [165];
primitive conditions of, [25], [27], [28], [37], [38], [87];
in France, 140
Stanley, [189]
Star of the North, The, [102];
flute song of, [173];
in English, [257], [266];
quartette in, [267]
Star, The Evening, [230]
Stebbins, Colonel Henry G., [10];
daughters of, [11];
home of, [16];
sister of, [33];
Faust and, [85];
in England, [122-124], [137];
in Scotland, [131];
in France, [155], [158];
daughter of, [160];
friendship of, [171], [173], [174], [197], [198]
Stevens, Mrs. Paran, in Boston, [44], [45], [278];
sister of, [277]
Stewart, Jules, [306]
Stigelli, [33], [71], [294]
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, [46], [49]
Strakosch, Maurice, [130], [148];
Napoleon and, [149];
at Covent Garden with, [194], [198];
Patti and, advice of, [294];
methods of, [302]
Strakosch, Max, [200], [201], [204], [205], [240], [289], [292], [294-296], [300], [303], [359]
Strauss, [79], [254]
Sulzer, Miss, [87]
Summer, The Last Rose of, [135]
Susanna, Kellogg as, [170], [240]
Susini, name of, [22];
as the Baron in Linda, [41];
wife of, [41];
sense of humour of, [42];
salute of Grant and Sherman by, [115];
mention of, [294]
Tadema, Alma, [191]
Tagliapietra, [358]
Talisman, The, [261], [297]
Talleyrand, Marquis de, [157], [158]
Tannhäuser, [140], [230]
Tennants, [189]
Terry, Ellen, [234], [248];
opinion of, [283], [284]
Thalberg, [106];
Strakosch and, [294]
Theatre, in England, [131];
in France, [140], [141];
Her Majesty's [189], [235];
traditions of the, [366]
Theatre, Booth's, [267]
Théâtre Comique, [307]
Théâtre Français, [265], [306]
Théâtre Lyrique, [145]
Thomas, Ambrose, 146
Thomas, Theodore, at the Academy, [40];
in Chicago, [321]
Thomaschewski, Dr., [337], [347]
Thompson troupe, Lydia, [69]
Thorough-base, [2]
Thursby, Emma, [298]
Tilton, Mrs. Elizabeth, [214]
Titjiens, in London, [77], [129], [132], [137], [139], [170], [173];
pet of, [168], [169], [178], [179], [185], [196], [235], [239], [302]
Traviata, Piccolomini in, [14];
the part of Violetta in, [15], [62];
libretto of, [68];
public opinion of, [69], [70];
Patti in, [130];
at Her Majesty's, [135], [164];
costume in, [136];
rehearsal of, [163];
success of, [164];
Lucca in, [249];
interpretation of, [291];
Kellogg in [329], [338], [342];
solo from, [357]
Trebelli-Bettini, [236]
Trentini, Emma, superstition of, [166]
Trobriand, Baron de, opinions and stories of, [16]
Trollope, Anthony, [46], [48]
Trovatore, Mme. de la Grange in, [13];
Marie Willt in, [153];
Lucca in, [179];
Kellogg in, [201], [249], [260], [261], [329];

Carlton in, [268]
Tschaikowsky, [306]
Turner, Charles, [261]
Valentine, Carlton as, [260];
Kellogg as, [295]
Vanderbilt, Frederick W., [300]
Vanderbilt, William H., [197], [285], [286]
Vane-Tempest, Lady Susan, [192], [197]
Van Zandt, Miss, [307]
Van Zandt, Mrs., [257]
Verdi, mention of, [11];
Falstaff of, [91];
reference to, [133], [292], [298];
meeting with, [307], [308];
criticism of, [331]
Vernon, Mrs., [15]
Victoria, Queen, [177], [186], [301]
Villiers, Colonel, [353]
Violetta, [15];
character of, [70];
gowns of [70];
jewels for, [104];
Patti as, [130];
costume of, [135];
Kellogg as, [338];
solo of, [357]
Vogel, [307]
Voltaire, house of, 143
Wagner, fondness of Kellogg for music of, [30];
use of flute by, [52];
as a revolutionist, [78], [263], [264], [265];
reviewers and, [88];
mention of, [90], [292];
French idea of, [140], [253];
von Bulow and, [298];
Hanslick and, [329], [330]
Walcot, Charles, [15]
Wales, Prince of, [133], [164], [177], [178], [180-183];
daughter of, [190], [192], [301], [302]
Wales, Princess of, [178], [180-183], [302]
Wallack, John, exclamation of, [16]
Wallack, Lester, [300]
Waltz, The Kellogg, [135], [138]
War, Civil, West Point before the, [19];
beginning of the, [54];
attitude of public toward, [55];
riots in New York during, [59-61];
opera during the, [74], [75];
close of, [110];
after the, [201];
reference to, [233], [359], [360]
Wehli, James M., [201]
Welldon, Georgina, [241-243]
Werther, [91]
West Point, primitive conditions of, [17];
conspiracies at, [18]
Wheeler, A. C., [42], [75]
White, Stanford, [280]
Whitney, M. W., [298]
Widor, [305]
Wieniawski, [246]
Wig, for Marguerite, [82-84], [140];
of Leuta, [265]
Wilde, Oscar, [254], [255]
Willt, Marie, anecdote of, [153]
Witherspoon, Herbert, in Norfolk, [9];
in New Hartford, [67]
Wood, Mrs. John, [15]
Worth, creations of, [136], [278], [279], [347], [348]
Wyckoff, Chevalier, [148], [188]
Yeats, Edmund, [246], [247]
Young, Brigham, [298]
Zerlina, Piccolomini as, [14];
Kellogg as, [74], [91-93], [97], [137], [170];
country of, [159];
Lucca as, [249]