The Development of Certain Tendencies in Modern Opera / Thesis for the degree of Bachelor of Music

by Kathryn Eleanor Browne

A Date.	B Name.	C Composer.	D Spoken text.		E % Recit.	F % Soprano.	G % Mezzo Sop.	H % Alto.	I % Tenor.	J % Baritone.	K % Bass.
			Accom.	Unaccom.
1600	Rappresentatione de Anima	Cavalieri	—	x	30.2	6.43	—	13.21	9.27	—	1.29
1675	King Arthur	Purcell	—	—	9.73	5.39	—	—	—	—	4.34
1731	La Serva Padrona	Pergolese	—	—	30.30	20.58	—	—	—	—	9.72
1762	Orfeus	Gluck	—	—	11.87	7.56	—	4.315	—	—	—
1767	Alceste	Gluck	—	—	23.82	3.32	—	—	2.95	—	17.55
1784	Le Domine Noir	Auber	—	—	18.62	4.22	3.9	.3	1.77	—	8.43
1787	Don Giovanni	Mozart	—	—	31.43	9.16	—	—	5.53	7.47	9.27
1762	L'Amant Jaloux	Gretry	—	x	.92	.11	—	—	.95	—	1.58
1800	Les Deux Jounees	Cherubini	—	—	22.8	6.9	—	3.165	7.32	—	5.415
1805	Fidelio	Beethoven	—	x	10.11	4.31	—	—	2.6	—	3.3
1816	The Barber of Seville	Rossini	—	x	10.00	2.66	—	.798	2.33	—	4.2
1821	Der Freischütz	Weber	x	x	9.06	2.27	—	—	2.72	1.03	3.04
1831	La Somnambula	Bellini	—	—	30.33	5.85	3.17	—	4.78	22.2	4.33
1832	Le Postilion de Longjuneaux	Adam	—	—	33.80	25.71	—	—	5.66	—	2.43
1835	Lucia di Lammermoor	Donizetti	—	—	5.62	.987	.06	—	1.76	3.09	.703
1843	Bohemian Girl	Balfe	—	—	10.42	3.26	—	—	3.5	2.91	.75
1847	Martha	Flotow	—	—	24.03	7.45	5.02	—	3.31	—	8.25
1866	Mignon	Thomas	—	x	—	3.96	17.30	.725	6.36	—	5.41
1867	Romeo and Juliet	Gounod	—	—	17.00	3.68	.97	—	4.63	5.29	2.34
1874	Aida	Verdi	—	—	15.60	3.94	4.6	—	5.82	—	1.24
1875	Carmen	Bizet	—	—	15.32	4.52	—	1.06	5.31	2.06	8.03
1882	Parsifal	Wagner	—	—	19.82	3.7	.3	—	3.92	7.59	4.31
1887	Samson and Delilah	Saint Saens	—	—	19.71	—	4.36	—	4.3	5.1	17.95
1890	Cavalleria Rusticana	Mascagni	—	—	11.9	2.3	1.47	4.538	1.29	2.357	—
1893	Le Cid	Massenet	—	—	19.78	4.31	—	—	2.29	5.53	7.65
1892	Il Pagliacci	Leoncavello	—	—	11.97	4.63	—	—	3.445	—	4.89
1894	Hansel and Gretel	Humperdinck	—	—	18.1	6.4	7.35	—	—	4.35	—
1896	Cricket on the Hearth	Goldmark	—	—	38.40	10.42	—	—	7.31	9.44	11.23
1900	Louise	Charpentier	—	—	20.32	4.28	3.36	.43	6.19	6.14	—
1904	Madame Butterfly	Puccini	—	—	24.85	18.4	4.5	—	1.2	3.2	1.6
1905	Eugene Onegin	Tschaikovsky	—	—	15.42	2.33	2.47	1.09	2.96	1.17	5.4
					21.62	6.39	1.6	1.4	11.27	—	.96
1913	L'Amour dei Tre Re	Montemezzi	—	—	39.62	19.21	—	—	10.43	1.5	8.48
1914	Madeleine	Herbert	—	—	23.04	12.27	6.02	—	1.06	1.4	2.29

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TABLE VI. ENSEMBLE

A Date.	B Name.	C Composer.	D % of Ensemble.	E % Duet.	F % Trio.	G % Quartet.	H % Quintet.	I % Sextet.
1600	Rappresentatione de Anima	Cavalieri	11.6	11.6	—	—	—	—
1675	King Arthur	Purcell	17.27	14.07	3.2	—	—	—
1731	La Serva Padrona	Pergolese	19.50	19.50	—	—	—	—
1762	Orfeus	Gluck	33.13	33.13	—	—	—	—
1767	Alceste	Gluck	3.163	.833	—	2.53	—	—
1784	Le Domine Noir	Auber	15.91	9.59	6.32	—	—	—
1787	Don Giovanni	Mozart	19.31	8.89	5.69	4.47	3.91	6.35
1762	L'Amant Jaloux	Gretry	83.4	34.2	34.2	22.8	15.75	10.65
1800	Les Deux Journees	Cherubini	7.2	2.46	2.97	.743	—	1.1
1805	Fidelio	Beethoven	14.06	8.3	1.66	4.7	—	—
1816	The Barber of Seville	Rossini	38.57	15.25	4.92	2.7	15.7	—
1821	Der Freishutz	Weber	4.7	1.6	3.1	—	—	—
1831	La Somnambula	Bellini	7.523	6.46	—	.963	—	—
1832	Le Postilion Lonjuneaux	Adam	23.32	12.73	6.52	1.76	4.07	—
1835	Lucia di Lammermoor	Donizetti	10.23	6.4	2.07	—	—	—
1843	The Bohemian Girl	Balfe	8.38	3.25	2.42	2.71	—	—
1847	Martha	Flotow	28.778	10.68	8.50	7.89	1.708	—
1866	Mignon	Thomas	9.76	5.19	4.24	.033	—	—
1867	Romeo and Juliet	Gounod	6.97	4.31	—	2.66	—	—
1874	Aida	Verdi	7.075	4.39	2.685	—	—	—
1875	Carmen	Bizet	15.05	8.92	1.07	3.74	1.32	—
1882	Parsifal	Wagner	—	—	—	—	—	—
1887	Samson and Delilah	Saint Saens	4.3	3.9	.4	—	—	—
1890	Cavalieria Rusticana	Mascagni	12.56	12.56	—	—	—	—
1892	Il Pagliacci	Leoncavello	9.18	8.87	.306	—	—	—
1893	Le Cid	Massenet	8.33	4.3	1.97	2.06	—	—
1894	Hansel and Gretel	Humperdinck	5.54	2.09	—	—	3.54	—
1896	Cricket on the Hearth	Goldmark	2.09	2.09	—	—	—	—
1900	Louise	Charpentier	15.6	13.92	1.68	—	—	—
1904	Madame Butterfly	Puccini	4.75	3.41	.134	—	—	—
1905	Eugene Onegin	Tschaikovsky	2.93	1.42	.6	1.91	—	—
1905	Salome	Strauss	.93	.93	—	—	—	—
1913	L'Amour dei Tre Re	Montemezzi	.07	.07	—	—	—	—
1914	Madeleine	Herbert	4.36	4.36	—	—	—	—

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TABLE VII. CHORUS

A Date.	B Name.	C Composer.	D % of Chorus.	E % of mixed chorus.	F % of men's chorus.	G % of women's chorus.
1600	Rappresentatione de Anima	Cavalieri	14.39	14.39	—	—
1675	King Arthur	Purcell	21.6	18.3	2.56	1.14
1731	La Serva Padrona	Pergolese	10.2	10.2	—	—
1762	Orfeus	Gluck	12.88	12.88	—	—
1767	Alceste	Gluck	18.71	16.05	2.66	—
1784	Le Domine Noir	Auber	23.19	12.7	6.09	4.3
1787	Don Giovanni	Mozart	1.582	.923	.652	—
1762	L'Amant Jaloux	Gretry	6.2	—	—	—
1800	Les Deux Journees	Cherubini	36.94	9.14	24.8	—
1805	Fidelio	Beethoven	14.6	8.3	2.71	4.59
1816	The Barber of Seville	Rossini	12.2	12.2	—	—
1821	Der Freischütz	Weber	16.31	12.2	3.15	3.85
1831	La Somnambula	Bellini	30.6	30.6	—	—
1832	Le Postilion Lonjuneaux	Adam	26.17	13.37	—	14.85
1835	Lucia di Lammermoor	Donizetti	35.4	20.99	15.21	—
1843	The Bohemian Girl	Balfe	24.9	21.32	—	3.58
1847	Martha	Flotow	25.957	19.9	.647	5.41
1866	Mignon	Thomas	33.75	11.08	3.66	—
1867	Romeo and Juliet	Gounod	13.72	9.03	2.5	2.19
1874	Aida	Verdi	30.1	19.74	3.5	9.86
1875	Carmen	Bizet	9.32	5.29	1.64	2.39
1882	Parsifal	Wagner	10.31	5.1	3.29	1.92
1887	Smason and Delilah	Saint Saens	15.07	10.43	3.21	1.43
1890	Cavalleria Rusticana	Mascagni	31.64	22.78	3.46	5.4
1892	Il Pagliacci	Leoncavello	19.88	19.88	—	—
1893	Le Cid	Massenet	9.75	7.29	2.46	—
1894	Hansel and Gretel	Humperdinck	5.38	1.27	4.21	—
1896	Cricket on the Hearth	Goldmark	5.6	5.6	—	—
1900	Louise	Charpentier	15.51	6.29	4.3	4.96
1904	Madame Butterfly	Puccini	10.03	8.48	.262	1.34
1905	Eugene Onegin	Tschaikovsky	15.29	10.47	—	4.82
1905	Salome	Strauss	11.36	11.36	—	—
1913	L'Amour dei Tre Re	Montemezzi	3.57	2.04	1.53	—
1914	Madeleine	Herbert	—	—	—	—

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