CONTENTS
[INTRODUCTION]
[CHAPTER I THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA]
PERI-MONTEVERDE-CAVALLI-CESTI-CAMBERT-LULLI-PURCELL-KEISER-SCARLATTI-HANDEL
PERGOLESI-ROUSSEAU-MONSIGNY-GRÉTRY-CIMAROSA-HILLER
MÉHUL-CHERUBINI-SPONTINI-BEETHOVEN-BOIELDIEU
WEBER-SPOHR-MARSCHNER-KREUTZER-LORTZING-NICOLAI-FLOTOW-MENDELSSOHN-SCHUBERT-SCHUMANN
GOUNOD-THOMAS-BIZET-SAINT SAËNS-REYER—MASSENET-BRUNEAU-CHARPENTIER-DEBUSSY
VERDI-BOITO-PONCHIELLI-PUCCINI-MASCAGNI-LEONCAVALLO-GIORDANO
CORNELIUS-GOETZ—GOLDMARK-HUMPERDINCK-STRAUSS-SMETANA-GLINKA-PADEREWSKI