CHAPTER XIX.

A CHAPTER OF CHATTER.

Opera and politics—_Lohengrin_ in Paris—Opera non-lucrative to the composer—Jenny Lind’s contract—Modern fees— Royalties—Librettists—Metastasio and Scribe— The prima donna—Stories of singers and composers 199

APPENDIX A.—Chronological List of Composers of Opera, Great Singers, Conductors, etc. 215

APPENDIX B.—Financial Aid Granted to Operatic Schemes from State or Municipal Funds 248

APPENDIX C.—Glossary of Terms mainly used in Opera 255

APPENDIX D.—List of Instruments used in the Orchestras of Composers of Different Periods of Opera 260

APPENDIX E.—Bibliography of Opera 263

List of Illustrations.

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SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN _Frontispiece_ Photogravure from the Painting by Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A. ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI 20 RICHARD WAGNER 26 JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY 42 DOMENICO CIMAROSA 64 GUISEPPE VERDI 72 JOHANN ADAM HILLER 78 NICOLA PICCINI 82 J. OFFENBACH 88 GIACOMO PUCCINI 130 PIETRO MASCAGNI 132 RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO 136 SIR A. C. MACKENZIE 146 BAYREUTH THEATRE 181 MADAME MELBA 200