PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LUCREZIA BORGIA. ( Donizetti. ) CHAPTER I.
DON GIOVANNI. ( Mozart. ) (DON JUAN.) CHAPTER I.
LA TRAVIATA. ( Verdi. ) (THE LOST ONE.) ("LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS.") CHAPTER I.
DON PASQUALE. ( Donizetti. ) CHAPTER I.
LA SOMNAMBULA. ( Bellini. ) THE SLEEP WALKER. CHAPTER I.
L'ELISIR D'AMORE. ( Donizetti. ) THE ELIXIR OF LOVE CHAPTER I.
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. ( Rossini ). THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. CHAPTER I.
RIGOLETTO. ( Verdi. )
I PURITANI. ( Bellini. ) THE PURITANS. CHAPTER I.
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. ( Donizetti. ) THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. CHAPTER I.
NORMA. ( Bellini. ) CHAPTER I.
ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. ( Meyerbeer. ) ROBERT THE DEVIL. THE PROLOGUE.
IL TROVATORE. ( Verdi .) THE MINSTREL. Part I. The Duel.
ERNANI. ( Verdi. ) Part I. The Bandit.
MARTHA. ( Flotow. ) CHAPTER I.
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