"Owing to the appreciation which has been accorded to my three series of "Stories from the Operas," it has been decided to re-issue the collection in one volume, and to include in this additional stories of new and popular operas recently produced in England.
The plan of the work, as before, is to present all the incidents of each libretto in the clear, readable form of a short story; and it is hoped that the combined volume will continue to prove of interest, not only to opera-goers but to all lovers of dramatic tales. The three volumes have been entirely reset and re-collated in a manner which it is hoped will make them easier for reference." - Summary by Gladys Davidson
Chapters
1
AUBER – Fra Diavolo Read by JoeBlu 25:03
2
BALFE – The Bohemian Girl Read by RussellEric 23:57
3
BEETHOVEN – Fidelio Read by Diana Schmidt 22:25
4
BELLINI – La Sonnambula Read by RussellEric 14:37
5
BELLINI – I Puritani Read by RussellEric 11:16
6
BENEDICT – The Lily of Killarney Read by Kathleen Moore 20:30
7
BIZET – Carmen Read by Tom Denholm 24:58
8
DONIZETTI – Lucrezia Borgia Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 13:12
9
DONIZETTI – Lucia di Lammermoor Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 12:37
10
DONIZETTI – The Daughter of the Regiment (La Figlia del Reggimento) Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 13:16
11
FLOTOW – Martha Read by jenno 21:41
12
GOUNOD – Faust Read by Mike Pelton 21:20
13
GOUNOD – Philemon and Baucis Read by Mike Pelton 20:38
14
GOUNOD – Romeo and Juliet Read by Rosemarie DeSapio 20:26
15
HALEVY – The Jewess (La Juive) Read by RussellEric 13:45
16
HUMPERDINCK – Die Konigskinder (The Kingly Children) Read by RussellEric 24:13
17
LEONCAVALLO – I Pagliacci (The Mountebanks) Read by Tom Denholm 15:42
18
MASCAGNI – Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) Read by Tom Denholm 15:46
19
MEYERBEER – Robert the Devil (Robert le Diable) Read by jenno 19:01
20
MEYERBEER – The Huguenots (Les Huguenots) Read by Davida George 23:08
21
MEYERBEER – Star of the North (L’Etoile du Nord) Read by Davida George 25:49
22
MOZART – The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) Read by Availle 22:02
23
MOZART – Don Juan (Don Giovanni) Read by Availle 25:39
24
NICOLAI – The Merry Wives of Windsor Read by WilkieMills 20:21
25
OFFENBACH – The Tales of Hoffman (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 16:51
26
PUCCINI – Manon Lescaut Read by KaraBurnett 14:30
27
PUCCINI – La Boheme Read by Tom Denholm 37:31
28
PUCCINI – Madam Butterfly Read by Tom Denholm 29:59
29
ROSSINI – The Barber of Seville (Il Barbier di Seviglia) Read by Diana Schmidt 14:13
30
STRAUSS – Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer) Read by jenno 24:46
31
STRAUSS – Elektra Read by WilkieMills 13:17
32
THOMAS – Mignon Read by Davida George 22:13
33
TSCHAIKOVSKY – Eugine Onegin Read by Emma Charlotte 26:28
34
VERDI – Ernani Read by WilkieMills 21:00
35
VERDI – Rigoletto Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 19:41
36
VERDI – Il Trovatore, or the Gipsy’s Vengeance Read by Diana Schmidt 27:15
37
VERDI – La Traviata Read by Tom Denholm 22:28
38
VERDI – The Masked Ball (Un Ballo in Maschera) Read by Diana Schmidt 15:27
39
VERDI – Aida Read by Kathleen Moore 28:06
40
VERDI – Othello Read by Tom Denholm 17:40
41
WAGNER – The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Hollander) Read by RussellEric 15:25
42
WAGNER – Tannhauser Read by Delmar H Dolbier 24:32
43
WAGNER – Lohengrin Read by JoeBlu 21:38
44
WAGNER – Tristan and Isolda Read by JoeBlu 18:00
45
WAGNER – The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg) Read by WilkieMills 26:08
46
WAGNER – The Nibulungs’ Ring (Der Ring der Nibelungen) Part I The Rhinegold (Das Rheingold) Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 9:37
47
WAGNER – Part II The Valkyrie (Die Walkure) Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 16:02
48
WAGNER – Part III Siegfried Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 13:40
49
WAGNER – Part IV The Twilight of the Gods (Die Gotterdammerung) Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 14:30
50
WAGNER – Parsifal Read by RussellEric 28:11
51
WALLACE – Maritana Read by RussellEric 23:11
52
WALLACE – Lurline Read by RussellEric 8:10
53
WALTERSHAUSEN – Colonel Chabert (Oberst Chabert) Read by Cleon Cumberbatch 18:55
54
WOLF-FERRARI – The Jewels of the Madonna Read by WilkieMills 28:35
55
Short Biographies of the Composers Read by Tom Denholm 53:39
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