Table of Contents

Preface
List of Illustrations
1 1838 - 1857: Le Docteur Miracle
2 1858 - 1860: Don Procopio
3 1860 - 1863: Les Pêcheurs de perles
4 1864 - 1865: Ivan IV
5 1866 - 1867: La Jolie Fille de Perth
6 1868 - 1870: La Coupe du Roi de Thulé
7 1870 - 1872: Djamileh
8 1872 - 1873: Don Rodrigue
9 1873 - 1875: Carmen
10 1875 - 2013: Life After Death
Appendices
A. Calendar
B. List of Works
C. Personalia
D. Select Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Hugh Macdonald is an acknowledged authority on French music, having edited the complete works of Berlioz (Bärenreiter, 1967-2006) and a number of French operas. He has written books on Berlioz and Scriabin, and his recent Music in 1853: the Biography of a Year has been widely acclaimed. He is also active as a translator of opera and song for performance.

Reviews

"Macdonald has an enviable talent for switching seamlessly between anecdote, history, politics, and focused attention to musical detail..." - Notes