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[ It will suffice to remind the reader of the fine melodrama in "Fidelio.">[
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[ "Zaide" was performed in Frankfort on January 27, 1866, and though naturally not a stage success, it was a most welcome instruction to those who brought historical interest to bear upon it.]
FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER XXII.
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[ Diet, des Théätres, III., p. 126. An edition by Christoph Balard appeared in 1712, and the text is printed (Rec. des Opéras, XII., 1).]
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[ Idomeneus's vow, his unwillingness to sacrifice his son, the consequent pestilence, and his dethronement by the people, are found in ancient writers; the rest is modern.]