CONTENTS.

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[CHAPTER XI.]
The Opera in England at the end of the Eighteenth and beginningof the Nineteenth Century	[1]
[CHAPTER XII.]
Opera in France after the departure of Gluck	[34]
[CHAPTER XIII.]
The French Opera before and after the Revolution	[46]
[CHAPTER XIV.]
Opera in Italy, Germany and Russia, during and in connectionwith the Republican and Napoleonic Wars.—Paisiello, Paer, Cimarosa, Mozart.—The Marriage of Figaro.—Don Giovanni	[86]
[CHAPTER XV.]
Manners and Customs at the London Opera half a centurysince	[121]
[CHAPTER XVI.]
Rossini and his Period	[140]
[CHAPTER XVII.]
Opera in France under the Consulate, Empire and Restoration	[178]
[XVIII.]
Donizetti and Bellini	[226]
[XIX.]
Rossini—Spohr—Beethoven—Weber and Hoffmann	[282]
[Index to Both Volumes]

HISTORY OF THE OPERA.

CHAPTER XI.

THE OPERA IN ENGLAND AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

HITHERTO I have been obliged to trace the origin and progress of the Opera in various parts of Europe. At present there is one Opera for all the world, that is to say, the same operatic works are performed every where, if not,