Conteúdo
- General preface
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Orpheus myth in operatic history Eve Barsham
- 2. The libretto Patricia Howard
- 3. Synopsis Patricia Howard
- 4. 'The most moving act in all opera' Patricia Howard
- 5. The initial impact Hans Heimler, Patricia Howard and Eve Barsham
- 6. From Orfeo to Orphée Patricia Howard
- 7. The opera in the nineteenth century Eve Barsham and Patricia Howard
- 8. The opera in the twentieth century Sir Charles Mackerras, Tom Hammond, John Eliot Gardiner, Patricia Howard and Kevin Smith
- 9. Table of numbers compiled by Eve Barsham
- Discography Malcolm Walker
- Index.