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Chapters of Opera

by Henry Edward Krehbiel

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Author’s Note to Third Edition
  4. 4Chapter I — Introduction of Opera in New York
  5. 5Chapter II — Early Theaters, Managers, and Singers
  6. 6Chapter III — The First Italian Company
  7. 7Chapter IV — Houses Built for Opera
  8. 8Chapter V — Maretzek, His Rivals and Singers
  9. 9Chapter VI — The New York Academy of Music
  10. 10Chapter VII — Mapleson and Other Impresarios
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Metropolitan Opera House
  12. 12Chapter IX — First Season at the Metropolitan
  13. 13Chapter X — Operatic Revolutions
  14. 14Chapter XI — German Opera at the Metropolitan
  15. 15Chapter XII — End of Italian Opera at the Academy
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Wagner Holds the Metropolitan
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Wagnerian High Tide
  18. 18Chapter XV — End of the German Period
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Italian Opera Again at the Metropolitan
  20. 20Chapter XVII — The Advent of Melba and Calvé
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — Uprising in Favor of German Opera
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Beginning of the Grau Period
  23. 23Chapter XX — New Singers and Operas
  24. 24Chapter XXI — Heinrich Conried and “Parsifal”
  25. 25Chapter XXII — End of Conried’s Administration
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — Hammerstein and His Opera House
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — A Brilliant Season at the Manhattan
  28. 28Chapter I — Introduction of Opera in New York
  29. 29Chapter II — Early Theaters, Managers, and Singers
  30. 30Chapter III — The First Italian Company
  31. 31Chapter IV — Houses Built for Opera
  32. 32Chapter V — Maretzek, His Rivals and Singers
  33. 33Chapter VI — The New York Academy of Music
  34. 34Chapter VII — Mapleson and Other Impresarios
  35. 35Chapter VIII — The Metropolitan Opera House
  36. 36Chapter IX — First Season at the Metropolitan
  37. 37Chapter X — Operatic Revolutions
  38. 38Chapter XI — German Opera at the Metropolitan
  39. 39Chapter XII — End of Italian Opera at the Academy
  40. 40Chapter XIII — Wagner Holds the Metropolitan
  41. 41Chapter XIV — Wagnerian High Tide
  42. 42Chapter XV — End of the German Period
  43. 43Chapter XVI — Italian Opera Again at the Metropolitan
  44. 44Chapter XVII — The Advent of Melba and Calvé
  45. 45Chapter XVIII — Uprising in Favor of German Opera
  46. 46Chapter XIX — Beginning of the Grau Period
  47. 47Chapter XX — New Singers and Operas
  48. 48Chapter XXI — Heinrich Conried and “Parsifal”
  49. 49Chapter XXII — End of Conried’s Administration
  50. 50Chapter XXIII — Hammerstein and His Opera House
  51. 51Chapter XXIV — A Brilliant Season at the Manhattan
  52. 52Appendix I
  53. 53Summary
  54. 54Subscription Season at the Metropolitan
  55. 55Summary
  56. 56Extra Representations at the Metropolitan Opera House
  57. 57Summary
  58. 58Performances at the New Theater
  59. 59Summary
  60. 60The Brooklyn Season
  61. 61Season 1910-1911
  62. 62Regular Metropolitan Subscription Performances
  63. 63Extra Performances
  64. 64Subscription Season of the Philadelphia-Chicago Company
  65. 65Metropolitan Performances in Brooklyn
  66. 66Appendix II
  67. 67Season 1909-1910

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