I. Italian Opera : 1. Historical preface
2. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) : The maid-mistress
3. Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) : The secret marriage
4. Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) : The barber of Seville
5. Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : The elixir of love ; The daughter of the regiment ; Don Pasquale
6. Luigi and Frederico Ricci (b. 1805, 1809) : The cobbler and the fairy
7. Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) : Falstaff ; Il Trovatore
8. Pietro Mascagni (1863- ) : Friend fritz
9. Ermanno wolf-ferrari (1876- ) : The inquisitive women
II. French Opera : 1. Historical preface
2. Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) : The water-carrier
3. Francois Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) : The white lady
4. Daniel Francois Esprit Auber (1782-1871) : Fra Diavolo ; The black domino ; The crown diamonds
5. Louis J.F. Herold (1791-1833) : Zampa
6. Jacques Halevy (1799-1862) : L'Éclair
7. Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856) : The postilion of longjumeau
8. Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) : Orpheus in Hades ; La belle Helene ; Blue-beard ; The grand duchess of Gerolstein ; La perichole ; The princess of Trebizond ; The brigands ; The tales of Hoffman
9. Felix Marie Masse (1822-1884) : La Reine Topaz ; The marriage of Jeannette
10. Charles Lecoco (1832-1911) : The pearl of Pekin ; The daughter of Madame Angor ; Girofle-girofla ; The little duke
11. Edmond Audran (1842-1901) : Olivette ; The mascot ; La cigale
12. Robert Jean Planquette (1850-1903) : The chimes of Normandy ; Rip Van Winkle ; Nell Gwynne
13. Henri Rabaud (1873- ) : Marouf, the cobbler of Cairo
III. German Opera : 1. Historical preface
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) : The seraglio ; Cosi fan tutte
3. Albert Lortzing (1803-1851) : Czar and carpenter ; Undine ; The armorer
4. Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) : The merry wives of Windsor
5. Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883) : Stradella ; Martha
6. Franz von Suppe (1820-1893) : The beautiful Galatea ; Fatinitza ; Boccaccio ; Donna Juanita
7. Franz F.R. Genee (1823-1895) : Nanon
8. Friedrich Smetana (1824-1874) : The bartered bride
9. Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) : The barber of Bagdad
10. Johann Strauss (1825-1899) : The bat ; Prince Methusalem ; The queen's lace handkerchief ; The merry war ; The gypsy Baron
11. Carl Goldmark (1832-1915) : The cricket on the hearth
12. Victor Nessler (1841-1890) : The piper of Hamelin ; The trumpeter of Sakkingen
13. Karl Millocker (1842-1899) : The beggar student ; The black hussar ; The du Barry ; Poor Jonathan
14. Ignaz Brull (1846-1907) : The golden cross
15. Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) : Hansel and Gretel
16. Richard Strauss (1864- ) : The rose knight
17. Heinrich Reinhardt (1865-1922) : The spring maid
18. Franz Lehar (1870- ) : The merry widow ; Gypsy love ; The count of Luxembourg
19. Oscar Straus (1870- ) : A waltz dream ; The chocolate soldier
20. Leo Fall (1873-1925) : The dollar princess
21. Emmerich Kalman (1822- ) : Sari
IV. Russian opera : 1. Historical preface
2. Modeste Moussorgsky (1839-1881) : The fair of Sorochintzy
3. Peter I. Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) : Iolanta
4. Nicolai A. Rimsky-Korsakoff (1844-1908) : A night in May ; The snow maiden ; Christmas Eve revels ; Sadko
5. Igor Stravinsky (1882- ).
6. Serge Prokofieff (1891- ) : The love for three oranges
V. English Opera : 1. Historical preface
2. John Gay (1685-1732) : The beggar's opera
3. Julius Benedict (1804-1885) : The lily of Killarney
4. Michael William Balfe (1808-1870) : The Bohemian girl ; The rose of Castile
5. William Vincent Wallace (1812-1865) : Maritana
6. Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900) : Cox and box ; Trial by jury ; The sorcerer ; H.M.S. Pinafore ; The pirates of Penzance ; Patience ; Iolanthe ; Princess Ida ; The Mikado ; Ruddigore ; The yeomen of the guard ; The gondoliers
7. Edward Solomon (1853-1895) : The nautch girl
8. Julian Edwards (1855-1910) : Dolly Varden
9. Ethel M. Smyth (1858- ) : The Boatswain's mate ; Fete Galante
10. Edward Jakobowski (1858- ) : Erminie
11. Ivan Caryll (1861-1921) : A runaway girl ; The pink lady ; The earl and the girl ; The duchess of Dantzic ; Oh! Oh! Delphine
12. Edward German (1862- ) : Tom Jones
13. Lionel Monckton (1862-1924) : The Arcadians ; The Quaker girl ; The Cingalee
14. Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) : The Belle of Mayfair ; The slim princess ; Florodora
15. Howard Talbot (1865-1928) : A Chinese honeymoon
16. Sidney Jones (1869- ) : The geisha ; San toy
VI. American Opera : 1. Historical Preface
2. Willard Spenser (1852-1933) : The little tycoon
3. William Wallace Furst (1852-1917) : The isle of champagne
4. John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) : El capitan ; The bride-elect ; The Charlatan
5. Gustave Kerker (1857- ) : The belle of New York
6. Woolson Morse (1858-1897) : Wang
7. Victor Herbert (1859-1924) : The wizard of the Nile ; The serenade ; The idol's eye ; The fortune teller ; Babes in Toyland ; Mlle. Modiste ; It happened in Nordland ; The red mill ; The rose of Algeria ; Naughty Marietta ; The enchantress ; Sweethearts ; The princess Pat
8. Ludwig Englander (1859-1914) : The strollers ; The rounders
9. Reginald de Koven (1861-1920) : The begum ; Robin Hood ; Maid Marian ; Rob Roy ; The highwayman
10. Gustav Luders (1866-1913) : The prince of Pilsen ; The burgomaster ; King Dodo ; The sho-gun ; Woodland
11. Karl Hoschna (1870-1911) : Madame Sherry
12. Alfred G. Wathall (1880- ) : The sultan of Sulu
13. Rudolf Friml (1884- ) : The firefly ; Katinka ; Rose Marie ; The vagabond king ; The three musketeers
14. Jerome Kern (1885- ) : Oh, boy! ; Sally ; Sunny ; Show boat ; The cat and the fiddle ; Music in the air ; Roberta ; Sweet Adeline
15. Sigmund Romberg (1887- ) : Maytime ; Blossom time ; The rose of Stamboul ; The student prince ; Princess Falvia ; The desert song ; My Maryland ; The new moon ; Melody
16. Irving Berlin (1888- ) : Face the music ; As thousands cheer
17. George Gershwin (1898- ) : Of Thee I sing ; Let 'em eat cake ; Strike up the band ; Porgy and Bess
18. Vincent Youmans (1899- ) : No, no, Nanette!
19. Richard Rodgers (1902- ) : The Connecticut Yankee.
