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by Affron, Charles


  Don Pasquale (Donizetti), 13, 21; 1934–35, 130; 1955–56, 220, 223; 1978–79, 278–79; 2005–06, 346

  Don Quichotte (Massenet), 110tab

  Dorn, Dieter, 345

  Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 337

  Downes, Olin, 20, 108, 113–14, 149, 165, 173, 178, 191, 195–96, 199, 209, 218, 221, 240

  Dreiser, Theodore, 314

  Driscoll, F. Paul, 389

  Drog, Libia, 396n18

  Druckman, Jacob, 300

  Dudley, William, 282tab

  Dufriche, Eugène, 74tab

  Dufy, Raoul, 234

  Dukas, Paul, 96tab

  Dumaux, Christophe, 384

  Dun, Tan, 351

  Duncan, Todd, 204

  Dupont, Jacques, 222

  Dutoit, Charles, 300

  Dvořák, Antonín, 329

  Dybbuk, The (Tamkin), 240

  Eames, Emma, 38–39, 40, 42–43, 56, 68, 72–73, 78, 104, 135, 297

  Eaton, Quaintance, xv, 395n10, 400n11, 418n31

  Ebert, Carl, 183–84, 212, 222

  Edinburgh Festival, 182, 184

  Éducation manquée, Une (Chabrier), 259

  Einstein on the Beach (Glass), 313

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (president), 229, 328

  Elaine (Bemberg): 1894–95, 43

  Elektra (Strauss), 66, 171, 215; 1932–33, 130; 1966–67, 243–44; 1991–92, 345; 2009–10, 371

  Elias, Rosalind, 213, 218, 320

  Elisir d’amore, L’ (Donizetti), 16, 21; 1903–04, 70; 1920–21, 102; 1960–61, 223; 1987–88, 303; 1991–92, 317; 2012–13, 381

  Elmo, Cloe, 178

  Elson, Charles, 191

  Emens, Homer F., 98tab

  Emperor Jones, The (Gruenberg), 240; 1932–33, 130, 205

  Emperor Jones, The, play (O’Neill), 130

  Enchanted Island, The (Handel et al.): 2011–12, 381, 384, 391

  Enfant et les sortilèges, L’ (Ravel): 1980–82, 285

  English National Opera (London), 302, 336, 362, 379

  English Patient, The, film (Minghella), 362

  Entführung aus dem Serail, Die (Mozart), 170, 173; 1946–47, 167–68, 177–78; 1979–80, 280; 2007–08, 280, 283

  Erede, Alberto, 187, 190, 211

  Ernani (Verdi), 12, 16; 1956–57, 211, 220, 223; 1983–84, 291–92; 1985–86, 295

  Ero e Leandro (Mancinelli), 49tab

  Erskine, John, 127–29, 133, 183

  Erwartung (Schoenberg): 1988–89, 299–300, 302

  Esclarmonde (Massenet): 1976–77, 281

  Estes, Simon, 296

  Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky): 1919–20, 328; 1957–58, 220–22, 331; 1992–93, 331; 1996–97, 329, 333; 2001–02, 333; 2006–07, 333, 358, 364; 2008–09, 333; 2013–14, 334; recording, 217

  Euryanthe (Weber): 1887–88, 28

  Everding, August, 293, 296

  Ewing, Maria, 278, 296, 303

  Eyre, Richard, 375

  Faggioni, Piero, 292, 317

  Fair at Sorochintzy, The (Mussorgsky): 1930–31, 120, 328

  Falls, Robert, 339tab

  Falstaff (Verdi), 40, 168, 170, 173; 1894–95, 44; 1909–10, 84; 1924–25, 139; 1938–39, 149; 1943–44, 178; 1948–49, 178–79; 1963–64, 214, 214fig; 2013–14, 380

  Fanciulla del West, La (Puccini), 91; 1910–11, 86–90; 1961–62, 204; 1965–66, 232; 1991–92, 318

  Fantasia 2000, film (Goldberg et al.), 351

  Farley, Carole, 278

  Farrar, Geraldine, 10, 57, 61, 71–72, 78, 82, 84, 88, 91, 99–105, 101fig, 104–05, 124, 129, 131, 135, 153, 297–98, 315, 365–66, 369

  Farrell, Eileen, 176, 223, 225, 227

  Faust (Gounod), 36, 38–39, 41, 44, 52, 75, 143, 168; 1883–84, 1, 4, 6–8, 16, 19; 1891–92, 38, 40; 1893–94, 38; 1893–1904, 41; 1904–05, 56; 1908–09, 82; 1953–54, 196, 221, 341; 1965–66, 222; 1989–90, 302; 2011–12, 381, 383, 389–90

  Favero, Mafalda, 160

  Favorita, La (Donizetti): 1895–96, 43; 1977–78, 281, 317

  Fedora (Giordano): 1906–07, 71–73; 1996–97, 319

  Fedora, play (Sardou), 72

  Feen, Die (Wagner), 32

  Feldlager in Schlesien, Ein (Meyerbeer), 36

  Felsenstein, Walter, 243

  Fenice, La (Venice), 218

  Ferden, Bruce, 313

  Fernand Cortez (Spontini): 1887–88, 28

  Festspielhaus (Bayreuth). See Bayreuther Festspiele

  Fidelio (Beethoven), 94, 134, 168, 170, 172; 1884–85, 27; 1891–92, 38; 1908–09, 83; 1935–36, 144, 151; 1940–41, 157–59, 188; 1944–45, 175; 1951–52, 151, 189; 1970–71, 248; 2000–01, 325, 345

  Fiedler, Johanna, xv, 335, 401n18, 413n12, 416n5

  Fielding, David, 363

  Fiery Angel, The (Prokofiev), 332

  Figaro for Antonia, A. See Ghosts of Versailles, The

  Fille de Madame Angot, La (Lecocq): 1909–10, 84

  Fille du régiment, La (Donizetti), 52, 86; 1940–41, 170; 1942–43, 166, 167; 1971–72, 22, 251, 315, 317; 1972–73, 259; 1993–94, 320; 1995–96, 318; 2007–08, 368

  Fillion, Carl, 386

  Finck, Henry, 8, 27, 59, 91

  Finley, Gerald, 370

  Fiore, John, 330tab

  fioritura (embellishment), 9

  First Emperor, The (Dun): 2006–07, 358, 362–64

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 314

  Fitzgerald, Gerald, 396n16

  Flagello, Nicholas, 240

  Flagstad, Kirsten, 10, 99, 129, 131, 133–34, 144–45, 151–55, 154fig, 157, 159, 162–63, 175–76, 186, 188–89, 204, 262, 315, 356

  Fledermaus, Die (Strauss, II), 93; 1904–05, 73; 1950–51, 189, 191–94, 217; 1986–87, 300–301; recording, 192

  Fleishmann, Ernest, 293

  Fleming, Renée, 22, 312, 314, 331, 333, 345–46, 348, 351, 365–66, 368, 378

  Fliegende Holländer, Der (Wagner): 1891–92, 38; 1930–31, 120; 1950–51, 191, 194; 1978–79, 281, 283, 342, 374

  Flimm, Jürgen, 342, 345

  Flórez, Juan Diego, 22, 348, 364, 368, 379

  Floyd, Carlisle, 243, 314

  Ford, Gerald (president), 265

  Forrest, Edwin, 12

  Forum (New York). See Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

  Forza del destino, La (Verdi), 170; 1918–19, 105, 135; 1942–43, 211; 1952–53, 210–11; 1959–60, 213; 1995–96, 318–19

  Four Saints in Three Acts (Thomson): 1972–73, 259

  Fox, Charles, Jr., 17tab, 18tab, 29tab

  Fox, Frederick, 212

  Fox, James, 74tab, 96–98tab, 107tab

  Fra Diavolo (Auber): 1909–1910, 84

  Fra Gherardo (Pizzetti): 1928–29, 108

  Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai), 20; 1983–84, 292, 299, 358; 1985–86, 295

  Franchetti, Alberto, 36

  Franci, Carlo, 251

  Frau ohne Schatten, Die (Strauss), 371; 1966–67, 236, 243–44, 343; 2001–02, 343

  Freeman, John W., 396n16

  Freischütz, Der (Weber): 1884–85, 27; 1971–72, 247, 251

  Fremstad, Olive, 54, 56, 61–62, 63fig, 65–67, 73, 83–84, 93, 104, 135, 355, 365

  Freni, Mirella, 225, 247, 290, 303, 319

  Friedrich Wilhelm (crown prince), 99

  Friend, Jonathan, 310–11

  Frigerio, Ezio, 292

  Frisell, Sonja, 301

  From the House of the Dead (Janáček): 2009–11, 329, 330tab, 341, 378

  Fuchs, Anton, 74tab

  Fursch-Madi, Emmy, 19

  Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 188

  Gadski, Johanna, 93, 100

  galas: centennial (October 22, 1983), 289–91, 291fig; de Reszke farewell (April 29, 1901), 47; Domingo/Pavarotti twenty-fifth anniversary (September 27, 1993), 315, 316fig; Fleming, opening night (September 22, 2008), 366; Gatti farewell (March 19, 1935), 151; Johnson farewell (February 28, 1950), 179; Old Met farewell (April 16, 1966), 223–25; opening night (November 8, 1954), 357; opening night (September 23, 1991), 315; opening night (September 26, 1994), 315; opening night (September
22, 2001), 214; Pavarotti thirtieth anniversary (November 22, 1998), 318; Volpe farewell (May 20, 2006), 348, 358;

  Galati, Frank, 315

  Gallardo-Domâs, Cristina, 363fig

  Galli-Curci, Amelita, 100, 103, 122, 138, 168

  Gambler, The (Prokofiev): 2000–01, 329, 336–37

  Garanča, Elina, 375

  Garcia, Manuel, 11, 13

  Garden, Mary, 66, 69, 86, 368

  Gari, Giulio, 298

  Garrison, Jon, 299

  Gatti-Casazza, Giulio, 52, 67, 76–80, 81–82, 84–86, 87fig, 89, 91–92, 94, 103–5, 108, 111–13, 116, 117fig, 118–20, 123–28, 131, 133, 135, 137–39, 141–42, 146–47, 149, 159, 184, 197, 198, 201, 205, 210, 226–27, 239, 249, 297, 327, 352, 355, 371, 382

  Gazza Ladra, La (Rossini), 11, 15

  Gedda, Nicolai, 217–18, 224, 259, 280, 290

  Gelb, Arthur, 350

  Gelb, Barbara, 350

  Gelb, Peter, 196, 253, 329, 334, 341, 349–55, 358–59, 361–62, 364–66, 370–71, 373, 375–77, 380, 382, 386, 388–90, 392

  Gentele, Goeran, 253–59, 268, 310–11, 352

  Gentele, Marit, 256

  Gerard, James, 92

  Gérard, Rolf, 189, 192, 210, 217, 221–23

  Gergiev, Valery, 327, 329, 332–35, 337

  Gershwin, George, 296

  Gerster, Etelka, 8, 14–15

  Gheorghiu, Angela, 320–21, 368

  Ghiaurov, Nicolai, 225, 279

  Ghosts of Versailles, The (Corigliano), 241tab, 321, 371; 1991–92, 311–12, 313fig

  Giannini, Dusolina, 134, 151

  Gianni Schicchi (Puccini): 1918–19, 105; 1935–36, 14; 1973–74, 260, 263; 2006–07, 364

  Gienow-Hecht, Jessica C. E., 395n3

  Gigli, Beniamino, 100, 104, 111–12, 117, 119, 130, 139, 142

  Gilbert, Alan, 370

  Gilbert, Susie, 416n5

  Gilels, Emil, 328

  Gilford, Jack, 192, 193

  Gilly, Dinh, 89

  Gilman, Lawrence, 152

  Gioconda, La (Ponchielli), 202; 1883–84, 16; 1966–67, 237, 243–44

  Gioielli della Madonna, I (Wolf-Ferrari), 109tab

  Giordani, Marcello, 365

  Giordano, Umberto, 72

  Giovanni Gallurese (Montemezzi), 109tab

  Girard, François, 383

  Girl of the Golden West, The, play (Belasco), 86

  Giulini, Carlo Maria, 274

  Giulio Cesare (Handel), 238, 251; 1988–89, 300, 302; 2012–13, 381, 383

  Glass, Philip, 312–14, 369–70

  Glossop, Peter, 269

  Gluck, Christoph Willibald, 54

  Glyndebourne Festival (England), 171, 182, 184, 190, 216, 337, 352, 383

  Gobbi, Tito, 259

  Gockley, David, 349, 360

  Godunov, Alexander, 329

  Goelet, Robert, 63, 113

  Goetz, Hermann, 92

  Gogol, Nikolai, 341

  Goldberg, Arthur, 204

  Goldberg, Jacques, 74tab

  Goldene Kreuz, Das (Brüll): 1886–87, 32

  Goldmark, Karl, 36

  Goldovsky, Boris, 198, 355

  Golovine, Alexander, 97tab

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 329

  Gorelik, Mordecai, 191

  Goritz, Otto, 93

  Götterdämmerung (Wagner), 94; 1887–88, 28, 151; 1908–09, 82–83; 1934–35, 131; 1935–36, 366; 1937–38, 153; 1973–74, 249; 2011–12, 388–89

  Gounod, Charles, 1, 6, 14, 16, 43

  Goyescas (Granados): 1915–16, 93

  Graf, Herbert, 157, 174–75, 178, 213, 222

  Graham, Colin, 285, 312

  Graham, Susan, 314, 365–66

  Gramm, Donald, 278

  Granados, Enrique, 93

  Grandage, Michael, 381, 390

  Grandi, Giovanni, 109tab

  grand opéra français, le (French grand opera), 27, 277

  Gran Teatre de Liceu (Barcelona), 375

  Grau, Maurice, 35, 39, 41, 43, 45–46, 51–52, 54, 69, 73, 80, 197, 289, 297, 352, 382

  Graves, Denyce, 319

  Gray, Herman, 246

  Great Gatsby, The (Harbison): 1999–2000, 314

  Greder, Emil, 74tab

  Greenway, Lauder, 245

  Griffin, Hayden, 287

  Grisi, Giulia, 13–14

  Grist, Reri, 209

  Gros, Ernest M., 98tab

  Gruber, Andrea, 348

  Gruenberg, Louis, 130

  Guadagnini, Luigi, 19

  Guarrera, Frank, 213

  Güden, Hilde, 211, 216–18

  Guglielmo Ratcliff (Leoncavallo), 72

  Guillaume Tell. See William Tell

  Gunn, Nathan, 314

  Gurewitsch, Matthew, 418n5

  Guthrie, Tyrone, 221, 341

  Gutman, John, 185, 215–16, 220, 231, 240, 254

  Gypsy Baron, The. See Zigeunerbaron, Der

  Habanera, La (Laparra), 109tab

  Habelmann, Theodore, 30–31tab, 48stab

  Hadley, Henry, 239, 241tab

  Hadley, Jerry, 303, 314

  Hagegård, Håkan, 312

  Hageman, Richard, 239

  Häggander, Mari-Anne, 295

  Hagnes, Helen, 283

  Haitink, Bernard, 306

  Halévy, Fromental, 36

  Hall, Peter, 287, 288, 296

  Hall, Peter J., 281

  Hamburg Opera. See Staatsoper Hamburg

  Hamlet (Thomas), 39; 1883–84, 9, 19, 297; 1891–92, 38; 2009–10, 375–76

  Hammerstein, Oscar, I, xiii, 56, 66, 67–70, 75, 83, 85–86, 297

  Hampson, Thomas, 303, 333, 342, 348

  Handel, George Frideric, 345

  Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), 88, 91, 168, 170, 352; 1905–06, 56, 73; 1931–32, 116; 1967–68, 247; 2007–08, 368–69; recording, 165

  Hanson, Howard, 130

  Harbison, John, 314, 315

  Harkness Theater (New York), 259

  Harrell, Mack, 218

  Harrington, Sybil, 289, 292, 300, 323–24, 326, 345

  Harrison, Wallace K., 228, 232–33

  Harteros, Anja, 348

  Hauk, Minnie, 19

  Haven, George G., 53

  Hawkins, Osie, 224

  Heeley, Desmond, 278

  Heifetz, Jascha, 350

  Heinrich, Rudolf, 244

  heldenbariton (baritone voice demanded by heroic Wagner roles), 151

  heldentenor (tenor voice demanded by heroic Wagner roles), 129

  Hempel, Frieda, 298

  Henderson, W. H., 9–10, 16, 20, 32–33, 35, 41, 43, 47, 62, 129, 240, 365

  Heppner, Ben, 332, 348, 388

  Herbert, Jocelyn, 278, 280

  Herbert, Victor, 97tab, 241tab

  Herman, Robert, 203, 253

  Herzog, Jacques, 377

  Herzog, Werner, 310

  Hewlett, A. T., 98tab

  Hewlett, J. Monroe, 98tab

 

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