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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