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1. The birth of opera from the spirit of Orpheus -- 2. Du musst dein Leben ändern : Orfeo ed Euridice -- 3. The opera of all operas : Don Giovanni -- 4. The music of intuitive angels : The magic flute -- 5. Music to set the spirit free : Fidelio -- 6. Show business scene : L'elisir d'amore -- 7. Oh, sweet music of Donizetti! Lucia di Lammermoor -- 8. Elemental, furious, wholly true : Il trovatore -- 9. The requisite miracle : La traviata -- 10. The whole checkered play of life : La forza del destino -- 11. Melt Egypt into Nile : Aida -- 12. A figure as old as comedy : Falstaff -- 13. The exasperated eagle and the stoic saint : Les troyens -- 14. The sins of Wagner's youth : Rienzi -- 15. Long day's journey into night : Tristan und Isolde -- 16. The making of a musical legend : Palestrina -- 17. The moon is like the moon : Salome -- 18. Genius and morbidezza : Manon Lescaut -- 19. Mists, sails, sounds, and impressions : Pelléas et Mélisande -- 20. It is your turn to speak : dialogues des Carmélites -- 21. An opera made of songs : Porgy and Bess -- 22. The music wrote itself : Oklahoma! 23. Hurry up please its [sic] time.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-219), discography (pages [221]-230) and index.