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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music Vol. II, 1924
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1Gabriella di Vergy — Italian tragic opera by Carafa, produced at Naples in 1816. A fabled love story of the Twelfth Century. Gabriella, the wife of Endo of Fayel, is loved by the troubadour knight, Raoul de Loncy. He is killed in battle but has previously commissioned his servant to send his heart to Gabriella. Her husband intercepts the messenger, has the heart roasted and served to his wife. After she has partaken of it he tells her what it is. She refuses to eat again and starves to death.
3Gabrielle d'Estrees; or, The Love Affairs of Henry IV.—Opera in three acts. Music by Mèhul, text by Saint-Just, produced at Paris, 1806. Story has as its foundation the love affair between Henry IV. of France and Gabrielle d'Estrees for whom he had intended to get divorced from Margaret of Valois.
5Garibaldi — English operetta, music by F. H. Cowen, produced in London, 1860. Garibaldi was the great Italian patriot.
7Gastibelza — French grand opera, music by Maillart, libretto by Cormon and Dennery, produced at Paris in 1847. Monpou's very popular ballad "Le Fou de Toléde," forms the basis of the opera.
9Gay Parisienne, The — A musical comedy in two acts, music by Ivan Caryll, words by George Dance, produced at the Duke of York's Theatre, April 4, 1896.
11Gazza Ladra, La (The Cats in the Larder) — Italian comic opera in two acts, music by Rossini, words by Gherardini, produced in Milan, 1817.
13Geheimnis, Das (The Secret) — Czechish comic opera in three acts, music by Smetana, produced in Prague in 1878.
15Geigenmacher von Cremona, Der (The Violin Maker of Cremona) — Opera in two acts, music by Jenö Hubay, words by François Coppée and Henry Beauclair, German words by Max Kalbeck. The libretto is founded upon Coppée's "Luthier de Crémone." The time of the action is 1750, and a contest for a prize to be given the maker of the best violin forms the basis for the plot.
17Geiger aus Tyrol, Der (The Tyrolean Fiddler) — A comic opera with music and text by R. Genée, produced at Danzig, 1857.
19Geisha, The — A Japanese musical play in two acts, music by Sidney Jones, book by Owen Hall, lyrics by Harry Greenbank, produced at Daly's Theatre, April 25, 1896. The plot of this opera is based upon the adventures of an English girl who visits Japan disguised as a Geisha girl.
21Geisterinsel, Die (The Enchanted Island) — Romantic opera in three acts; music by Franz Fleischmann, text by Gotter, produced at Regensburg, 1796. Based on Shakespeare's "Tempest."
23Gelmina, od Col Fuoco Non si Scherza (Gelmina, or No Playing with Fire) — Italian comic opera, music by Pedrotti, words by Peruzzini and Poniatowski, produced in Milan in 1853.
25Gelosie Villane, Le (The Jealous Country Women) — Italian comic opera, music by Sarti, words by Grandi, produced in Venice in 1776.
27Geloso in Cimento, Il — Italian opera in three acts, music by Anfossi, produced in Rome in 1775.
29Gelübde, Das (The Oath) — German opera in one act; music by A. Eberhardt, text by Dr. Gustav Weinberg, first produced at Aachen in 1905. The story is laid in a village in Southern France in the Eighteenth Century. Cleo, a young girl of the Carnern type, is the cause of an impending duel between a smuggler and a rich peasant. The latter is loved by Eleni, a gentle girl who has sworn not to disclose her love, but when she hears of the coming duel she breaks her oath and tries to avert the duel. Unmindful of her the peasant insists on fighting when the smuggler pursued by officers rushes upon the stage and is killed by a well directed bullet. A prayer for the dead into which mingles the frenzied song of Cleo closes the play. The opera has been well received.
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