Verdi at the Golden Gate : opera and San Francisco in the Gold Rush years /
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University of California Press,
©1993.
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Table of Contents:
- I. Toward a Theatre
- II. The First Opera
- III. The Celebrity Sopranos
- IV. More of Ernani; and the First Resident Company
- V. Anna Bishop and Judith (Nabucco)
- VI. Ernani, Nabucco, I Lombardi, and I due Foscari
- VII. Economic Decline, Il trovatore in Excerpts, and the Vigilantes of 1856
- VIII. Magyar, His Opera House, and the Bianchis
- IX. Il trovatore Premiered; Ernani Revived
- X. The Bianchis Produce La traviata and Attila
- XI. Theatrical Scenery and Styles; Traviata and the New Realism
- XII. A Duel, and a Period of Operatic Doldrums
- XIII. Success of the Magyar-Lyster Company, and Failure of Rigoletto
- XIV. The Annus mirabilis: San Francisco Mad for Opera
- Appendix A: Opera Premieres in San Francisco 1851 Through 1860, with Theatre, Cast, and Number of Performances
- Appendix B: Chief Theatres for Opera in San Francisco, 1851-60
- Appendix C: Transpositions and Tuning A in San Francisco
- Appendix D: Verdi's Operas: World, Western Hemisphere, United States, and San Francisco Premieres, with Casts for San Francisco
- Appendix E: Reviews of San Francisco Premieres and Early Performances of Macbeth, I masnadieri, and Luisa Miller
- Appendix F: Performances of Verdi's Operas in San Francisco by Decade, 1851 Through 1899.