Chapters of Opera

Chapters of Opera
Henry Edward Krehbiel, american music critic and musicologist (1854-1923)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- DEDICATION
-03- MOTTO
-04- PREFACE
-05- AUTHOR'S NOTE TO THIRD EDITION
-06- INTRODUCTION OF OPERA IN NEW YORK
-07- EARLY THEATERS, MANAGERS, AND SINGERS
-08- THE FIRST ITALIAN COMPANY
-09- HOUSES BUILT FOR OPERA
-10- MARETZEK, HIS RIVALS AND SINGERS
-11- THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MUSIC
-12- MAPLESON AND OTHER IMPRESARIOS
-13- THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
-14- FIRST SEASON AT THE METROPOLITAN
-15- OPERATIC REVOLUTIONS
-16- GERMAN OPERA AT THE METROPOLITAN
-17- END OF ITALIAN OPERA AT THE ACADEMY
-18- WAGNER HOLDS THE METROPOLITAN
-19- WAGNERIAN HIGH TIDE
-20- END OF THE GERMAN PERIOD
-21- ITALIAN OPERA AGAIN AT THE METROPOLITAN
-22- THE ADVENT OF MELBA AND CALVÉ
-23- UPRISING IN FAVOR OF GERMAN OPERA
-24- BEGINNING OF THE GRAU PERIOD
-25- NEW SINGERS AND OPERAS
-26- HEINRICH CONRIED AND PARSIFAL
-27- END OF CONRIED'S ADMINISTRATION
-28- HAMMERSTEIN AND HIS OPERA HOUSE
-29- A BRILLIANT SEASON AT THE MANHATTAN