CHAPTER XIV.

OPERA TO-DAY IN ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND.

Boito—His interesting personality—Puccini—Mascagni— Leoncavallo—Cilea—German composers—Goldmark and Humperdinck—The French school—Saint-Saëns—Massenet —Bruneau—English composers—Stanford—Mackenzie— Cowen—Corder—Bunning, etc. 130