Modern History

The story of opera

E. Markham Lee · narrated by Michael

2026

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The story of opera by E. Markham Lee. A public-domain classic, freshly narrated.

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22 chapters

1Chapter 26m
2CHAPTER I. WHAT IS OPERA?9m
3CHAPTER II. DIFFERENT SCHOOLS CORRESPONDING WITH THE GROWTH OF MUSICAL ART.17m
4CHAPTER III. THE REFORMERS OF OPERA: MONTEVERDE, GLUCK, AND WAGNER.22m
5CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA.8m
6CHAPTER V. EARLY ITALIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ENGLISH OPERA.12m
7CHAPTER VI. THE OPERAS OF GLUCK AND THE GREAT COMPOSERS.15m
8CHAPTER VII. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT16m
9CHAPTER VIII. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT8m
10CHAPTER IX. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT16m
11CHAPTER X. ENGLISH OPERA OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.9m
12CHAPTER XI. WAGNER AND HIS OPERAS.28m
13CHAPTER XII. MODERN OPERA SINCE WAGNER’S REFORMS.8m
14CHAPTER XIII. SLAVONIC OPERA.[2]12m
15CHAPTER XIV. OPERA TO-DAY IN ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND.25m
16CHAPTER XV. OPERATIC ENTERPRISE IN ENGLAND.22m
17CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY OPERA.33m
18CHAPTER XVIII. OFFSHOOTS AND CURIOSITIES OF OPERA.20m
19CHAPTER XIX. A CHAPTER OF CHATTER.22m
20Appendix A.1h 20m
21Appendix C.11m
22Appendix E.4m

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