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Grand Opera: The Story of the Met

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by Affron, Charles

Heylbut, Rose, 397n21

  Heythekker, Jan, 97–98tab

  Hippodrome (New York), 146

  hochdramatischer (soprano voice demanded by heroic Wagner roles), 152

  Hock, Wilhelm, 386

  Hockney, David, 285–87, 290

  Hoelterhoff, Manuela, 280, 419n12

  Hoffman, William F., 312, 418n5

  Hofmannstahl, Hugo von, 216

  Homer, Louise, 10, 56, 59, 82, 84, 218

  Hong, Hei-Khung, 303

  Horne, Marilyn, 22, 255, 258, 261, 266, 274, 277, 284, 287, 292, 312, 346–47

  Horner, Harry, 170, 173

  Horner, James, 351

  Horowitz, Joseph, 395n2, 398n7

  Horowitz, Vladimir, 230, 350

  Hörth, Franz, 97tab

  Hotter, Hans, 162, 191

  Houston Grand Opera, 349, 379

  Howell, Rob, 375

  Hoyt, Henry E., 30–31tab

  Hudson, Richard, 319, 378

  Hugo, John Adam, 106tab, 241tab

  Huguenots, Les (Meyerbeer), 36, 39, 44; 1883–84, 9, 19, 52; 1884–85, 27; 1891–92, 38; 1893–94, 38; 1894–95, 43

  Humperdinck, Engelbert, 56, 88, 81

  Humphrey, Louise Ireland, 306–9

  Hunter, Rita, 259

  Hurok, Sol, 193, 208, 229, 350

  Hutchison, Ernest, 129

  Huxtable, Ada Louise, 233

  Hvorostovsky, Dmitri, 332–33, 348

  Hwang, David Henry, 313

  Hytner, Nicholas, 376

  Idomeneo (Mozart): 1982–83, 287, 317, 358; 1985–86, 295

  Igesz, Bodo, 258

  Ingpen, Joan, 284, 293, 295, 311

  intendant (general manager of an opera company, a term in increasing usage), 67

  In the Pasha’s Garden (Seymour): 1934–35, 130

  Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck): 1916–17, 92; 2007–08, 369

  Iris (Mascagni): 1906–07, 71–72

  Irving, Henry, 6

  Iselin, Adrian, 53

  Island God, The (Menotti): 1941–42, 167, 217

  Israel, Robert, 313–14, 331

  Italiana in Algeri, L’ (Rossini): 1973–74, 22, 261, 347

  Italian Opera House (New York), 11–12

  Ives, Charles, 259

  Jackson, Joe, 351

  Jackson, Paul, xv, 153, 403n6

  Jagel, Frederick, 130

  James, Henry, 13

  Janáček, Leoš, 108, 263, 327, 329, 331, 341, 378

  Janowitz, Gundula, 248

  Janowski, Marek, 300

  Järvefelt, Göran, 304tab

  Javitz, Jacob (senator), 230

  Jenufa (Janáček), 147, 331; 1924–25, 108, 327, 328; 1974–75, 263–64; 1985–86, 295; 1992–93, 331; 2002–03, 329, 337, 390

  Jepson, Helen, 134

  Jeritza, Maria, 66, 99, 104, 108, 111, 119, 120, 151, 193, 266, 365

  Johansen, Henry, 162

  Johnson, Edward, 52, 120, 122–23, 126, 129, 133–35, 141–43, 146–47, 149, 155, 156, 161–62, 163–66, 172, 175, 177, 179–82, 184–85, 185fig, 192, 197, 201–2, 207, 210, 215, 224, 239–40, 246, 336, 352, 356

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (president), 230

  Johnson, Philip, 233

  John the Baptist, play (Sudermann), 61, 149

  Jonas, Sir Peter, 349

  Jones, Gwyneth, 259, 348

  Jones, Robert Edmond, 191, 197

  Jones, Robert, 385tab

  Jongleur de Notre Dame, Le (Massenet), 134, 310

  Jonny spielt auf (Krenek): 1928–29, 108, 205

  Jorgulesco, Jonel, 170

  jugendlich dramatischer (soprano voice demanded by lyric-dramatic Wagner roles), 151

  Juive, La (Halévy), 51, 166; 1884–85, 27; 1920–21, 103; 2003–04, 343, 390

  Julien (Charpentier): 1913–14, 99

  Jung, Doris, 261

  Juntwait, Margaret, 355

  Jurinac, Sena, 218

  Jurowski, Vladimir, 337

  Kabaivanska, Raina, 259

  Kagen, Sergius, 240

  Kahn, Mrs. Otto, 183

  Kahn, Otto, 63, 65–66, 76, 78–79, 80–81, 85, 88, 92, 104, 113–16, 118, 120, 125–26, 131, 134, 137, 140, 143, 146, 198, 205, 227, 239, 296, 379

  Kaiser, Michael, 349

  Kalman, Chester, 218

  Kanin, Garson, 191

  Kappel, Gertrude, 152

  Karajan, Herbert von, 188, 248–49, 251, 253, 258, 300, 350, 386

  Kát’a Kabanová (Janáček): 2004–05, 329, 331

  Katerina Ismailova. See Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

  Kaufmann, Jonas, 365, 383, 388

  Kautsky & Rottonara Brothers, 74tab, 95tab

  Kautsky, Hans, 96–97tab, 107tab, 109tab

  Kautsky, Johann, 30–31tab

  Kavaler, Lucy, 395n10

  Kaye, Danny, 192

  Kaye, Michael, 424n28

  Keaton, Buster, 192

  Keenlyside, Simon, 375

  Kellow, Brian, 389

  Kempe, Rudolf, 216

  Kennedy, John F. (president), 203–4, 243

  Kennedy, Joseph P., 228–29

  Kennedy, Robert F. (senator), 230

  Kentridge, William, 341

  Khovanschchina (Mussorgsky): 1949–50, 168; 1985–86, 295–96; 1998–99, 329, 335

  Kiepura, Jan, 160

  Kiesler, Frederick J., 132tab

  King, James, 225

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 209

  King’s Henchman, The (Taylor): 1926–27, 120, 239

  Kipnis, Alexander, 160, 175–77, 224

  Kirov Opera (St. Petersburg), 321, 325, 327, 332–35

  Kirsten, Dorothy, 215, 217, 224, 290

  Kleiber, Carlos, 299–301, 305

  Kleiber, Erich, 187–88

  Klose, Margarete, 160

  Kobler, John, 80

  Koegel, John, 395n2

  Koenig, Lesley, 349

  Kogan, Leonid, 328

  Kolodin, Irving, xv, 180–81, 199, 215, 223, 274, 402n24, 406n9

  Komische Oper (Berlin), 243

  Konchalovsky, Andrei, 336

  Konetzni, Anny, 131

  Königin von Saba, Die (Goldmark): 1885–86, 28

  Königskinder (Humperdinck): 1910–11, 88, 91, 366

  Korngold, Eric, 107tab

  Kozlov, Leonid, 329

  Kozlov, Valentina, 329

  Kozma, Tibor, 187, 199

  Krainik, Ardis, 293

  Kraus, Alfredo, 225, 290, 303

  Krawitz, Herman, 253, 256, 310

  Krehan-Crayon, M., 170

  Krehbiel, Henry, xv, 9, 16, 20, 36–37, 42, 47, 62, 71–72, 75, 77, 83, 90, 93, 240, 394n13, 396n16, 398n6

  Krenek, Ernst, 81

  Kringelborn, Solveig, 333

  Krips, Josef, 188, 251

  Kubelik, Rafael, 254–56, 258–59, 260–63, 270, 311

  Kubiak, Teresa, 264

  Kullman, Charles, 176, 177

  Kurosawa, Akira, 221

  Lacombe, Judge, 58

  Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Shostakovich), 331, 371; 1994–95, 329, 331–32

  LaFarge, Christopher, 240

  LaGuardia, Fiorello (mayor), 148, 161, 227

  Lakmé (Delibes), 39, 52, 122, 149; 1891–92, 40

  Lalo, Édouard, 107tab

  Lamos, Mark, 314

  Lamponi, Attilio, 160

  Langenfass, Rolf, 302

  Langtree, Lily, 6

  Laparra, Raoul, 109tab

  Lasky, Jesse, 100

  Lassalle, Jean, 39, 42

  Last Savage, The (Menotti): 1963–64, 215, 217

  Lattuada, Felice, 120

  Lawrence, Marjorie, 153, 176, 366

  Lawrence, Robert, 198

  Leach, Richard, 303

  Lear, Evelyn, 290

  Leavitt, Max, 194

  Lebrecht, Norman, 351

  Lee, Ming Cho, 259, 296

  Legend, The (Breil): 1918–19, 135

  Lehár, Franz, 319

  Lehman, Gary, 388

  Lehmann, Lilli, 28, 34–35, 38, 47, 151

 
; Lehmann, Lotte, 131, 152–53, 160, 224

  Lehmann, Peter, 244

  Lehmbruck, Wilhelm, 234

  Leider, Frida, 117, 131, 152, 160

  Leinsdorf, Erich, 153–55, 162, 173, 212, 249, 258, 261, 303

  Leiser, Clara, 397n21, 398n7

  Lemnitz, Tiana, 160

  Leoncavallo, Ruggero, 44

  Leoni, Franco, 91

  Lepage, Robert, 369, 384, 386–90

  Le Roux, Xavier, 106tab

  Lert, Ernst, 130

  Leve, Samuel, 169tab

  Levine, James, 256, 259–60, 263, 266, 268, 269–72, 270fig, 274–76, 280–81, 283–84, 287, 288, 290, 291–95, 299, 300–305, 306–12, 314, 317, 320–23, 325–26, 334–35, 341–42, 346–47, 348, 351, 353, 361–62, 380–81, 388

  Levine, Michael, 333

  Levy, Martin David, 239, 240

  Lewin, Walter, 269

  Lewis, Earle, 206

  Lewisohn Stadium (New York), 146

  Lexington Theatre (New York), 86

  Lhévinne, Rosina, 269

  Libuše (Smetana), 331

  Liceo (Barcelona). See Gran Teatre de Liceu

  Liebermann, Rolf, 253

  Lieberson, Lorraine Hunt, 314, 348, 364

  Liebesverbot, Das (Wagner), 32

  Liebl, Karl, 262

  Ligendza, Catarina, 261

  Lincoln, Abraham (president), 14

  Lind, Jenny, 14, 100

  Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti): 1933–34, 130

  Lindsay, John (mayor), 230, 265

  Lion King, The: musical (John et al.), 346

  Lipton, Martha, 192

  Lisitsian, Pavel, 328

  Liszt, Franz, 98tab

  Lithuanian National Opera, 362

  Ljungberg, Göta, 67

  Lobel, Adrianne, 314, 379

  Lobetanz (Thuille), 96tab

  Locke, Charles Edward (Rev. Dr.), 63

  Lodoletta (Mascagni): 1917–18, 94

  Lohengrin (Wagner), 51, 94, 143–44, 168, 205; 1883–84, 7, 9, 16, 19; 1884–85, 27, 33; 1891–92, 38; 1894–95, 45; 1900–01, 47; 1933–34, 152; 1966–67, 243–44, 342; 1976–77, 281; 1984–85, 318; 1997–98, 343

  Lombardi, I (Verdi): 1993–94, 318

  London, George, 216–17, 227, 253, 298, 357

  Loquasto, Santo, 315

  Lorange, Nicole, 299

  Loreley (Catalani), 107tab

  Lorengar, Pilar, 225

  Lorenz, Max, 160

  Louise (Charpentier), 52, 69, 82, 251

  Lubin, Germaine, 145, 175–76

  Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti), 20–21, 52, 122, 143, 149, 168; 1883–84, 7–8, 124; 1893–94, 20; 1934–35, 134; 1942–43, 170; 1961–62, 21; 1964–65, 22, 222, 245, 347; 1982–83, 22; 1992–93, 343, 344fig, 374; 2007–08, 365, 367

  Lucky Strike, 133

  Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti), 14; 1904–05, 20, 70, 73

  Ludwig, Christa, 244, 261

  Ludwig, Leopold, 251

  Luisa Miller (Verdi): 1929–30, 120, 135; 1967–68, 245, 247

  Luisi, Fabio, 278, 380, 388

  Lulu (Berg): 1976–77, 278; 1980–81, 358; 1984–85, 295 2009–10, 278

  Lunt, Alfred, 221, 244

  Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die (Cornelius), 49tab

  Luten, C. J., 403n8

  Lynch, Thomas, 345, 369

  Lyric Opera of Chicago, 198, 281, 293, 314, 349, 394n19

  Ma, Yo-Yo, 351

  Maag, Peter, 259

  Maazel, Lorin, 306

  Macbeth (Verdi): 1958–59, 212, 222; 1982–83, 287–88, 342; 2007–08, 368

  Macfarlane, John, 385tab

  Mackerras, Charles, 259, 331

  MacNeil, Cornell, 213, 290, 296

  Macready, Charles, 12

  Madama Butterfly (Puccini), 86, 111, 143, 166, 303; 1906–07, 57, 71, 79, 86; 1934–35, 131; 1957–58, 221, 298; 1961–62, 328; 1974–75, 268; 1994–95, 362; 2006–07, 354, 359fig, 362, 363fig, 373; recording, 192, 217

  Madame Sans-Gêne (Giordano), 97tab

  Maddalena, James, 379

  Madeira, Jean, 227

  Madeleine (Herbert), 97tab

  Madonna Imperia (Alfano), 110tab

  Maeder, Gaspar, 17tab, 18tab, 29tab

  Maeterlinck, Maurice, 177

  Magic Flute, The. See Zauberflöte, Die

  Mahler, Gustav, 57, 76–77, 83, 187, 284

  Maillol, Aristide, 234

  Maison, René, 134, 175

  Makropoulos Case, The (Janáček), 251; 1995–96, 332–33; 2000–01, 329

  Malfitano, Catherine, 290

  Malibran, Maria, 396n14

  Mallach, Alan, 399n21

  Mamelles de Tirésias, Les (Poulenc), 290; 1980–81, 285

  Mancinelli, Luigi, 49tab

  Manhattan Opera House (New York), 56, 66–70, 77, 85–86, 130, 368

  Mankiewicz, Joseph, 220

  Manon (Massenet), 84, 143; 1931–32, 117; 1963–64, 222; 1986–87, 302; 2011–12, 367, 381–82, 390

  Manon Lescaut (Puccini): 1906–07, 57, 71; 1909–10, 84, 87; 1929–30, 112; 1949–50, 170; 1979–80, 281; 1984–85, 295

  Manru (Paderewski): 1901–02, 51

  Mansouri, Lofti, 282tab

  Manuel, Michael, 223

  Man without a Country, The (Damrosch): 1936–37, 146, 149

  Mapleson, James H. (“Colonel”), 3–4, 6, 8, 15–16, 24, 37, 56, 68, 86, 197

  Mapleson, Lionel, 9, 10fig, 356

  Marek, George, 198

  Maria Stuarda (Donizetti), 251; 2012–13, 23, 347, 381

  Mariinsky Theater. See Kirov Opera

  Mario, Giovanni, 13–14

  Marlowe, Julia, 61

  Mârouf (Rabaud), 20, 94; 1936–37, 146–47

  Marsh, Robert C., 416n1

  Martha (Flotow): 1883–84, 9, 297; 1917–18, 94; 1960–61, 222

  Martin, George, 395n1

  Martin, Ruth and Thomas, 178, 192, 193

  Martinelli, Giovanni, 100, 104, 119, 130, 134, 149, 151, 173, 179, 188, 224

  Marton, Eva, 290, 301–2

  Masaniello (Auber): 1884–85, 27

  Mascagni, Pietro, 40, 72

  Mason, William, 349

  Massenet, Jules, 28, 39, 43–44, 84

  Materna, Amalie, 27

  Matrimonio segreto, Il (Cimarosa): 1936–37, 146–47

  Mattei, Peter, 364, 383

  Mattila, Karita, 301, 332–33, 337, 342–43, 348, 365

  Matz, Mary Jane, 400n10

  Matzenauer, Margarete, 277

  Maurel, Victor, 43–44, 106tab

  Mauro, Ermanno, 292, 295

  Mayer, Martin, xiii, 180–81, 196, 274, 394n18, 397n21, 400n3, 403n4, 406nn8,9, 413nn2,12, 416n5

 

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