List of Illustrations
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vii
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Acknowledgments
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ix
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Introduction
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1
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1.
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Music Journalism in Early Victorian London
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17
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2.
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Ernani (1845)
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33
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3.
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Nabucco and I Lombardi (1846)
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47
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4.
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I due Foscari and I masnadieri (1847)
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59
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5.
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Attila (1848)
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79
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6.
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Uneventful Years: 1849–1852
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97
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7.
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Rigoletto (1853)
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115
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8.
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Il trovatore (1855)
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129
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9.
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A Moral Case: The Outburst of La traviata (1856)
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141
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10.
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Luisa Miller (1858)
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173
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11.
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I vespri siciliani (1859)
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183
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12.
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The Years 1860 and 1861: Un ballo in maschera
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193
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13.
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Inno delle nazioni (1862)
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211
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14.
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Don Carlos and La forza del destino (1867)
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219
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15.
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The Late 1860s and Wagner’s L’Olandese dannato (1870)
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235
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16.
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Verdi’s Requiem and Wagner’s Lohengrin (1875)
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249
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17.
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Aida (1876)
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259
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18.
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Music Journalism in London: The Late 1870s and 1880s
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269
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19.
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Otello at the Royal Lyceum (1889)
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287
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20.
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Falstaff at Covent Garden (1894)
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299
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Conclusions
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311
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Appendix I: Verdi’s Premieres in London
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323
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Appendix II: Verdi and Wagner in London
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327
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Appendix III: The Periodicals
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329
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Select Bibliography
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331
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Index
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339
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